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NORTHRUPS 

RELIGION AND 

BUSINESS 



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The Undreamed-of Possibilities Which 

Man May Achieve Through 

Mastery of Self 



FOURTH EDITION 



BY 

Theodore G. Northrup 



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FOURTH EDITION " 
Published 1921 



Copyright, 1921, 
By THEODORE G. NORTHRUP. 



All Rights Reserved. 



ADDITIONAL COPIES CAN BE OBTAINED FROM 

THEODORE G. NORTHRUP, 

Breslin Hotel, 

29th St. and Broadway, 

New York City, N. Y. 

NOV -2 1921 

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I Dedicate 

This Book 

to 

ALL HUMANITY 

Pointing the way 

Out of 

Fear — Worry 

Sorrow — Trouble — Poverty 

And all unsatisfactory conditions. 



FOREWORD. 



IT is the purpose of this book to carry those who 
read and study its pages from the thought of 
limitation into the consciousness of mastery — 
believing there can be a Practical ideal which can 
be made so clear, intelligible and rational that it 
will command the brains of men as well as attract 
their hearts. 

As I look around upon this world of effect I 
cannot help seeing that the large majority of people 
are living in the thought of limitation and are 
experiencing as a result of this thought sickness, 
trouble and poverty, when with a knowledge of 
Themselves and their own Powers they can reach 
out into the unseen world and bring into mani- 
festation Peace, Joy and Abundance of all good. 
I send this book forth into the world of effect on 
its mission of teaching that abundance of every- 
thing man can possibly want is at his command 
when he understands the law of his being. 

Theodore G. Northrup. 



INTRODUCTION. 



WHAT the earnest student of metaphysics 
wants, in a text-book, is a clear, intelligible 
statement of fundamental facts in Mental 
Law — a statement which is sound, in accordance 
with science, demonstrable and not confused by 
appearing to be dependent upon outside "author- 
ity" (biblical or otherwise) ; a statement cqnsecu- 
tively arranged, that is logical, that appeals to 
common sense, that will work when put to the 
"acid test" of experience. 

Such a statement Mr. Northrup has given us in 
this book — Religion and Business. 

It is intended especially for the "man on the 
street," the man or woman who really wants to 
know the true path of development and is ready 
to set aside the intricacies of mere intellectual 
gymnastics. 

The statement is clear and simple and it remains 
only for the student to follow carefully the teach- 
ing to get the results promised. 

The author's experience, however, of many 
years, has shown him the wisdom of emphasizing 
the fact that each one must "work out his own 
salvation" — must actually do the work for him- 
self and not expect the reading of the book only 



6 NORTHRUP S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

to bring far-reaching results. It is only by this 
individual effort and exercise that we can develop 
the strength and experience the joy of true growth. 
The lessons contained in this book will be espe- 
cially welcome right now, at this particular time, 
and in suggesting the thought that each one who 
finds them helpful, can hardly "do his bit" more 
efficiently than extending to his "neighbor" the 
opportunity of obtaining similar benefits, I feel 
that an important service is being performed. It 
is plainly evident from the author's experience on 
the lecture platform, that there are untold thou- 
sands ready to welcome these teachings, as does the 
thirsty traveller the spring of "living water." 

Walter Goodyear. 



CONTENTS 



The Creator or Cause 

The Created or Effect 

All Is Good — There Is No Evil 

The Silence 

Healing Self and Others 

Application in Business . 

Controlling Environment 

Mastery of Self 



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21 
29 

39 
50 
61 
78 
92 



CHAPTER I. 
CREATION. 



THIS is a time in the world's experience 
when men want to know more about them- 
selves and more about their responsibilities. 
We are meeting crises, in the presence of which 
man begins to ask questions — crises which the 
world has never met before. 

A popular writer has recently asked the follow- 
ing question: — "Why does the Almighty, the all 
merciful God, who created the universe and even 
the stars, allow His christian children to perpe- 
trate this horrible slaughter in Europe? Shall 
we in this enlightened age, the Twentieth Cen- 
tury, worship and love a God like this? ,, This 
writer does not understand that man can do any- 
thing — may be permitted to do anything he wants 
to do, only he must pay the price for so doing. 
War is the effect and man the cause. This he also 
fails to realize. The seed was sown long ago 
and forgotten. But law never forgets — hence the 
present reaping. For the stewardship of men and 
nations alike, this great universal law sooner or 
later demands an accounting. What did it cost 



10 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

America to permit a black man to be sold upon 
the auction block? The universal law made its 
demand and the Nation made the adjustment. 
Whenever the adjustment follows the demand, the 
result is satisfactory, for out of it always comes 
Rightness. 

Man has made great progress on all mechanical 
lines. Nearly everything is done by machinery. 
He has followed the laws of nature into the unseen 
above and below, but he is just beginning to learn 
something about himself and the laws to which he 
is related. / say he is just beginning. He is 
slowly learning that everything and every life is 
under law. When he comes to understand the 
laws governing his life he knows more about 
First Cause and therefore more about man's possi- 
bilities. The man of affairs is beginning to learn 
that he is handicapped through ignorance of those 
higher laws governing business. The man or 
woman who is employed, is not fully equipped and 
cannot command the salary which . they should 
command when failing to understand these laws 
which govern their being. The sales man or 
woman can sell more goods, can achieve more 
highly, when he or she understands and applies 
the, law which is at his command. 

At the front of every revolution, civil, moral or 
spiritual, is a man, radical in thought, bold in con- 
ception and quick in execution. There was never 
a time when such ability was recognized as it is 
today. The question is — "What can yon do?" 
Unless a man can stand forth as a leader, in 



CREATION 11 

advance of the crowd, he is not wanted. Such a 
man can name his own price and the world will 
pay it. His pulse thrills with the spirit of energy 
and enterprise. To keep pace with such a leader 
all the forces of life and action must be awakened. 
If one would hold a respectable place in the proces- 
sion he must be alert, recognize the universal law 
of his being and show the world where act and 
achievement meet. 

The belief in an arbitrary God — away off some- 
where, no one knows where — belongs to the 
period of the ox-cart and the canal boat. It is not 
up to date. Man wants to know — and he can 
know. Man has been able to systematize 'all the 
phenomena of exterior nature, why not that of 
his interior life and its relation to the First Great 
Cause? The phenomena of the human spirit is 
within the grasp of the intellect. There is some- 
thing within each one of us pushing us on towards 
something better, something more satisfying than 
that which we enjoy today. We want to grow 
and it is some power within which, in its growth, 
is pushing us on to something better. In growing 
we must out-grow. We are to forget the things 
behind and reach forward to those which are 
before. 

If everything is governed by law, everyone 
should be interested to know what those laws are 
and how to apply them in every-day life. If there 
is a law which \governs business, as exact as the 
law governing the tides ; if there is a law that I 
can apply that will sweeten and bring harmony 



12 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

into my home ; if there is a law which I can apply 
to my body, which will bring health and power, I 
want to know it. I want to know how to make the 
application. 

During these eight lessons we will consider the 
teachings of Silent Demand. The subjects and their 
order will be as follows : — 

1st — First Cause or The Creator. 

2nd — The Effect or the Created. 

3rd — All is Good. There is no Evil : — When 
we come into that consciousness and see only good 
in everything, then only good can come into our 
world. This is an important lesson because we 
have been taught just the opposite. 

4th — Silence and Concentration — The Power of 
the Silence. 

5th — How to Heal Self and Others. 

6th — How to Apply these Principles in Business. 

7th — How to Control Environment. 

8th — Mastery of Self. That is the keynote. 

The First Lesson is the foundation on which all 
is built. We have been taught that God is omni- 
present, omnipotent, omniscient. What does it 
mean to you? Have you understood what it 
means? How can you believe it possible for a 
God, away off somewhere, "Dwelling in light, in- 
accessible and full of glory," to be omnipresent? 
It never meant anything to me, and yet I be- 
longed to an orthodox church, because there was 
something in me that urged me to do the best I 



CREATION 13 

could, to live the best life possible to me, but I 
could not understand how God could be omni- 
present. I shall try in this First Lesson to so ex- 
plain it that all will understand the omnipresence 
of First Cause. 

We must have some understanding of this Great 
Cause or Power which stands behind and back 
of every manifestation that we see, or touch, or 
feel. We have been told that the finite could not 
know the infinite. But we must know. There is 
an inward impulse, a gradual forward thrust which 
moves us ; there are perceptions which, through 
the world of sense and self, discover a spiritual 
identity with this higher power. Our knowledge is 
what shapes our world, and to not know, cannot 
satisfy the man of today. 

That which we vision, that we are. There comes 
a time in the life of everyone, when the storm 
breaks and the winds are out, when he must have 
something on which he can stand and say triumph- 
antly, "None of these things move me." When 
this is fully realized man is master of the situa- 
tion. But so long as man believes in two powers — 
so long as he clings to duality, he will be buffeted 
by discordant and unsatisfactory conditions. The 
world demands freedom. Freedom comes only 
through a knowledge of the truth, and truth alone 
can set man free. So, in studying this truth one 
must know. Belief is helpful and faith is neces- 
sary but one cannot be satisfied until he feels that 
he knows. 

When one has reached the consciousness that 



14 N0RTHRUP S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

there is a First Cause, he knows that there is a 
Power with which he can come in touch, at will. 
I say, that when he reaches the consciousness that 
he knows, then, peace comes to that one; harmony 
dominates his life and Power comes into his doing. 
It makes no difference what teachings one has ac- 
cepted in the past ; if it will not stand the test of 
today it must be cast aside and up-to-date teach- 
ing put in its place. From all the differing lines 
of thought we are converging into the truth, and 
although some of the new teaching is directly op- 
posite to that we have received in the past, it is 
a truth because it can be perfectly demonstrated. 

This is a world of change and the law of change 
will push -us forward to something better. Each 
one must learn to stand upon his own feet. When 
the storm comes he must accept it as an oppor- 
tunity to prove his faith. When you have a 
problem to solve, and you know how to demon- 
strate; when you know the principles and how to 
apply them in your life, then it is the opportunity 
for you to say — "I am master of this problem; 
I know how to deal with it," and the demonstra- 
tion reveals the Truth more fully, and then you 
know that yon know. 

In elucidating this truth I wish to present it in 
a plain, simple, practical business way that will 
appeal to your reason. I will not attempt to prove 
anything by the Bible as that would be my inter- 
pretation, and that would be no better than yours. 
I will appeal to you on common ground — just 
where you stand — and start from what you know. 



CREATION 15 

Each person who reads this page is living in a 
state of consciousness different from the other. 
Tomorrow each may be living in a state of con- 
sciousness different from today. Therefore we 
assume your present state whatever that may be. 

There are a few things that we know — each one 
of us knows — it is not guess work — it is not belief. 
We know. One thing we know is, that we are here. 
That we do exist. We also know that others exist 
all about us. We know further, that we did not 
create ourselves. Therefore we must be an effect. 
I would put this in so emphatic a manner that 
you will carry along in your mind the fact that 
You did not create yourself, — you are an effect. 

Our reason tells us that there is a power outside 
of and beyond ourselves, — A Cause. This Cause 
we can know. Therefore, as we trace back from 
effect to cause we will, and we must find a power 
or cause, which is not dependent upon anything 
outside of itself. If it depended upon anything 
outside, or above, or beyond itself it could not be a 
First Cause and we will be driven still farther back 
until we reach a Cause which is dependent only 
upon itself — then that will be the first cause. 

Again: — We know that man has a degree of in- 
telligence. As we have found that he is an effect, 
and as the effect cannot be greater than the cause, 
we know that the. First Cause must be intelligent. 
And as self-consciousness is an attribute of the 
First Cause, so it repeats itself in the conscious- 
ness of the effect. 

Again: — We know that we manifest life. We 



16 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

can see life expressed everywhere, in the mineral, 
in the vegetable, in the animal, in man ; and, as all 
is an effect, we can know with certainty that First 
Cause is life. Man's life finds creation responsive 
to all its faculties. His life became the measure 
of all things. Man is not only the interpreter but 
is the interpretation of all Life. 

Again: — We know that love is part of our being. 
We must love. Love being a part of our life it 
must find its object. We, being an effect, know 
with certainty that First Cause must be Love. It 
is the heart that sees most clearly. 

Again : — We know that man has power to think. 
We see the expression of thought all about us. 
As the effect cannot be greater than the cause, 
First Cause must be a thinker. The effect can 
think out after the Cause — its thoughts. 

Again : — We know that man can determine his 
actions through a power we call will. By this we 
know that First Cause can and does determine 
Its actions, and everything that is real must be an 
expression of Its thought and will in action. This 
is what we call Law — that is, Higher Law. 

Again:— We have also found that First Cause 
is self-conscious ; knows itself and determines its 
actions. It is all intelligence, all power, all life 
and is always active. This is not all that we know. 
We know that all the power, forces, attributes or 
qualities are mental and in the unseen. We cannot 
see power, we see only the expression of power. 
We cannot see life, we can only see the manifesta- 
tion of life. We cannot see love, we can see only 



CREATION 17 

its expression. Therefore First Cause, or Creator, 
is Mind or Spirit. We have now reached a point 
where we can combine this power, forces, quali- 
ties and attributes under the name of First Cause, 
Infinite Spirit, or Absolute. 

Again: — First Cause, Infinite Spirit or Abso- 
lute is Mind or Spirit and is self-dependent. Now 
note this: Nothing could be imparted to the effect, 
or creature, by the Creator but its own substance. 
Nothing ever proceeds from the creative Spirit but 
what was in it. It imparted Itself in the Creation, 
for even First Cause could not create something 
from nothing. Therefore all creation is from and 
is the same substance — Mind or Spirit, but dif- 
ferent combinations of the one substance. Ice, 
water, and steam are the same substance, different 
in degrees of temperature. The same with crea- 
tion. In the created are different combinations and 
different qualities of the one substance, as we shall 
see later on. 

Now, we have been reasoning from what we 
know of nature and man back to the First Cause. 
We will reverse our method and reason from First 
Cause to man. 

First Cause must be powerful because we see 
power expressed in everything around us ; in the 
rocks, the flowers, the trees, the animal and in man, 
power everywhere ; and as the effect, or the created 
cannot be greater than the cause, First Cause must 
be power. 

Again: — We see life manifest everywhere. 
Everything in the seen must express life or it will 



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disappear from our view. First Cause must there- 
fore be life. 

Again : — We see love expressed in the flower, the 
animal, in man. Therefore we can say that we 
know that First Cause is love. 

Again: — We see intelligence expressed in every- 
thing. Therefore we conclude that First Cause 
must be Intelligence. 

In reasoning therefore from what we know — 
man to First Cause, or from First Cause to man — 
we arrive at but one conclusion, and that is : 
First Cause is All Power, All Life, All Love, All 
Intelligence, All Good, and is the Substance of 
everything in the seen and the unseen. All is Mind 
or Spirit. First Cause we may know through 
the thought expressed in the things which have 
been made. That knowledge is valid and may be 
verified by the practical tests of life. When we 
correctly understand man and nature we may look 
through either directly into the mind of the 
Creator. 

The object of this lesson is to bring the reader 
into the consciousness that there is but one Power 
in the whole world. No matter where we see 
Power it is First Cause in action. Though it be in 
Niagara or in the heating of water it is the same. 
It matters not where Power is seen or felt, it is 
First Cause in manifestation. 

There can be but one Power in the whole uni- 
verse, and there is but one Intelligence. Where- 
ever we see intelligence it is First-Cause In- 
telligence. Wherever we see life it is First Cause 



CREATION 19 

expressing Life. First Cause is the Substance of 
everything and everything is obedient to Law. In 
the realm of the Spirit, chance and caprice are 
eliminated. The tides of ambition, the gusts of 
passion, the longings of desire, the awakening of 
love are reduced to the dominion of Law. Things 
are not erratic and lawless because they are spiritual 
and etherial. The laws of the Spirit are as con- 
stant as those which govern the tides and breathe 
through the world of nature. What beside First 
Cause in this entire and infinite simplicity, could 
we mean when nature is pronounced? All is alive 
from the smallest atom to the mightiest star; and 
all is jubilantly expressing the Mind, or Spirit of 
First Cause. 

As your eye rests upon these pages, let your 
mind come into the consciousness that there is but 
one substance in the whole world. This will pre- 
pare the mind to recognize the omnipresence of 
First Cause in everything you see and feel. Omni- 
presence not only imparted Itself in creation but 
consciously and actively dwells therein. The power 
by which you move, the intelligence with which 
you read this page, the life by which you serve 
your kind, the love in which you pay your tribute 
to your Creator are all imparted, and have their 
source in Infinite Mind, for It is all there is in 
the seen and the unseen. 

Holding fast to this consciousness you will be 
able to consider and embrace the thoughts of the 
next lesson. Until you come into this conscious- 
ness it will not be possible for you to demonstrate 



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and bring to pass those things which you most de- 
sire. Remember as you turn the next and follow- 
ing pages that there is but one substance in the 
whole world and that is First Cause. There is 
but one Life, one Power, one Intelligence in the 
whole Universe and that is First Cause in mani- 
festation. 



CHAPTER II. 
THE EFFECT OR THE CREATED. 



OUR first lesson was occupied in considering 
the Primal Cause — the Cause of every- 
thing in the seen and the unseen. We now 
enter upon the consideration of the EFFECT, or 
what the Cause has produced. All that reaches 
us through the senses is the work of the Primal 
Cause. 

In our first lesson also we found First Cause, 
Infinite Spirit, to be Intelligence, Mind or Spirit, 
and that from this substance all created things 
were developed. I repeat, this Substance is Intelli- 
gence, Power, Love and Life. 

We learned that First Cause has imparted itself 
in and to all created things. Things were first 
thoughts, "The things that were made were not 
made of things which do appear/' is an inspired 
statement. Enthroned amidst the silent elements of 
material existence is a spiritual power from which 
their vitality is derived. To everything that has 
Being there is an outward form and an inward 
life. The substances of the mineral kingdom are 
pervaded by invisible agents which develop the 



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forces necessary to their existence. The being 
and beauty of the vegetable creation are depend- 
ent upon an invisible, vitalizing law. 

The meanest form in nature; the feeblest thing 
that lives, enshrines and reveals its quickening 
energy, received from the Infinite Intelligence. 
From the great heart of Primal Cause the vital 
currents flow through all the arteries of Being. 
All life is the continuous activity of Mind on the 
objects of its creation. Life is the revelation of a 
Spiritual Presence — First Cause Presence in the 
universe to which it has imparted its Life and 
Substance. Should we ascend to the sublime 
heights where thought and aspiration are wearied 
and can go no farther; or should we descend to 
that mysterious abyss where the shadows of non- 
entity veil the germs of existence — in every place 
and in all natures we find First Cause revealed? 

To the old arbitrary formalism we oppose this 
Divine Philosophy which refers the origin, the con- 
tinuance and the end of all things to the Life, 
Love and Power of God, the Spirit and First 
Cause. We teach that the Divine Spirit pervades 
and governs by established laws the material uni- 
verse and all spiritual existence ; that all truth is 
natural and adapted to those reactional faculties 
which the Creator has enshrined in the human 
soul — and that all men as they become God-like 
in spirit and in life are rendered increasingly sus- 
ceptible to Divine instruction and Divine impres- 
sions, from the First Cause from which they 
sprung. 



THE EFFECT OR THE CREATED 23 

Thus, we see there is but one Intelligence. 
There is but one Power — not as a famous evan- 
gelist would tell us — two powers ; for, in that 
case First Cause would not be Omnipotent. There 
is just ONE POWER, FIRST CAUSE. In a 
subsequent chapter I will explain how we make a 
mistake by acting mentally as though there were 
two. But wherever Power is found, whether it be 
in heating water, swinging stars in their orbits, 
burning gasoline, or in the activities of man, it is 
the same in source and character — it is all First 
Cause. 

All creation is from the same substance — 
SUBSTANCE — that which stands under, upholds, 
sus-tains — displayed in different qualities and in 
differing degrees. The figures from to 9 may be 
so arranged as to represent any amount, and the 
letters of the alphabet, only 26 in number, com- 
pose all the volumes in the English tongue. 

This is a SCIENCE— THE SCIENCE OF ALL 
SCIENCES. All the sciences of the world are 
based upon this ONE SCIENCE. 

Ice manifests the least power, water, more 
power, but gas manifests so much power that it 
moves everything before it. For instance, in an 
over-heated boiler the power is so great that you 
cannot contain it. It will find release. So it is 
with Creation. The mineral kingdom has but lit- 
tle intelligence, the vegetable kingdom has more 
intelligence and in it we begin to perceive the 
element of love. If you tend a plant with loving 
care it will grow and flourish for you. The animal 



24 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

kingdom manifests more intelligence, more love, 
and has power to control its action, which the 
flower has not. 

With man comes the crowning work of the Crea- 
tion. He becomes a Co-Worker with added Life 
and Power; but not only this, he is fully equipped 
to draw from the Universal Supply for all his 
needs. "Son, all that I have is thine." One can 
sit in his office, and in a moment get in touch with 
this great Universal Supply. Inasmuch as man has 
more intelligence, more love, more life, more 
power, more wisdom he can so approach the abund- 
ant supply as to immediately secure any benefit 
which he may properly desire. 

Man has power to impart in his building the 
same as First Cause imparts Itself in Creation. 
He communicates himself to everything he does. 
He knows and does in a finite way what the 
Creator does in an Infinite manner. The power 
of man is seen in the machinery of today. For 
instance, the adding machine. A bit of mechanism 
almost human in its work — or the machine for 
picking cotton; removing the white bolls with the 
intelligence of men. The thought man has used to 
change the face of nature, bridge rivers, tunnel 
mountains, bind continents with net- work of iron 
rails and subdue the earth, was first discovered 
in the things which First Cause made and tran- 
scribed into the human mind. These are, how- 
ever, the Effect and man the cause. He directs all 
this intelligence and exercises this marvellous 
power in building a wonderful world. 



THE EFFECT OR THE CREATED 25 

Man imparts himself in everything he does. His 
handwriting is his own. If you wish to open a 
bank account, the first thing requested is your 
signature. That signature will open and continue 
that account, and upon it all transactions will de- 
pend. 

As man imparts himself to everything he touches 
he produces an effect, and by the character of the 
effect we determine whether it is First Cause cre- 
ated or man-made. Man becomes the important 
factor in Creation, therefore First Cause and Man 
are all we have to deal with in solving the prob- 
lems of life. For you and me, there is no depend- 
ence upon each other — our sole dependence is 
upon this Great Power, or Cause. First Cause 
imparted Itself in Creation, and man must use 
this material in his building. Thus the Universal 
mind repeats itself on a limited scale in the mind 
of man. If you attempt to build from anything 
outside, your building will fall and perish. You 
must build from:— INTELLIGENCE— LOVE- 
LIFE— and POWER. You cannot admit hate. 
No structure can survive on negative condi- 
tions. Building on these your house will fall. 
From the material imparted to us, we are to build. 

We find, therefore, that we are in a SPIRIT 
world now. And we have only Mind or Spirit to 
deal with. This explains how one can sit down in 
the Silence and speak the word which will bring 
health to the body of a person miles away, as we 
have found that there is but one substance from 
which the world was created, and that substance is 



26 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

Mind or Spirit — this substance is all with which we 
have to deal. Thought as we have seen is as real a 
substance as anything we can see, feel or touch, be- 
cause it reaches out into the unseen and brings 
into the seen and known what that thought repre- 
sents. Besides, also, thought under-girds all ma- 
terial existence. Man's mind or spirit is the in- 
strument by which the unseen is brought into the 
seen or manifested upon this plane of action. It 
is the highway of the Divine Mind to the world. 
A certain quality of thought will bring into mani- 
festation the same thing every time. No matter 
who sends out this quality of thought, you can 
know with certainty what that thought will bring 
into manifestation. If you are carrying negative 
thought you may know absolutely you will have 
unsatisfactory conditions. Nor does it matter who 
sends it forth, for every thought produces its kind. 
An inharmonious mind cannot demonstrate SUC- 
CESS. An inharmonious mind will induce unsatis- 
factory conditions. Man, being the highest, most 
perfect, is master of the lower. He is, therefore, 
responsible for the directing of this power. Igno- 
rance does not excuse us. There is but ONE 
POWER, and we are using it every moment of 
our lives. That POWER is doing something in 
the world directed by our thought. It is either 
tearing down our business or building it up. It 
is either tearing down our home, or filling it with 
sweetness and light. In all this, the responsibility 



THE EFFECT OR THE CREATED 27 

rests upon you and me, and from it there is no 
escape. 

Upon every thought mankind sends forth is 
stamped its quality. That quality will be accord- 
ing to the person's understanding of the truth. 
Ignorance is no excuse. Its quality is stamped 
upon every thought and upon every word you 
speak. You are responsible for what that thought 
or word brings into the world and escape from 
that responsibility is impossible. 

We can now see First Cause everywhere and in 
everything. It is not afar off in some un-imagined 
somewhere as we have been taught in the past. 
We have been taught the omnipresence of God but 
we failed to understand how and in what way 
But now we can see First Cause everywhere — in 
the flowers, in the trees, in the grass, in the stars, 
in the mountains and in men, women and children 
Coming into this consciousness we enter a new 
world with First Cause everywhere. 

First Cause is the Substance of everything. We 
cannot separate ourselves from that Substance only 
in belief and we can change that belief at will. 

Did you ever consider that the real cannot be 
seen, — we see only its effect. We cannot see the 
Cause. Intelligence cannot be seen — only its mani- 
festation is tangible. Power you cannot see — 
only its expression. First Cause you cannot see — 
only its manifest works. You cannot see your 
friend, only the instrument through which he com- 
municates with his kind. You cannot see the 
CAUSE, the LIFE, the POWER held in a kernel 



28 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

of corn which produces the full-grown ear, but 
you can see the effect — that is, power and life in 
manifestation. You cannot see the life in the acorn 
from which springs the giant oak, neither can you 
see the power, intelligence, love and life folded 
in man which it was intended he should unfold 
through a conscious understanding of who he is, 
and the practical knowledge of his Creator. Man's 
business is to unfold power, love and life, and 
impart these to all his work. You then have the 
manifestation of quality, character and life which 
he possesses. 

That "an evil tree cannot bring forth good fruit" 
is as true today as ever, neither can a negative 
thought bring forth good results in life or action. 
That which we can see and feel is only, and al- 
ways the effect. The Cause is always in the un- 
seen. If we censure this or that one for dissatis- 
factions which come into our lives, let us know, 
that lying back in the unseen is the cause in some 
thought which we have sent out. We meet it 
again in the world of effect. 

Back of and behind all effects which we see lies 
the Cause, either in First Cause or in man. First 
Cause is the Creator and man is the Builder, a Co- 
Worker with First Cause. Having power to draw 
from the Universal Supply man can build his 
world a heaven here and now if he will meet the 
conditions. We are not obliged to pass through 
these unpleasant experiences we are meeting. 
They are caused by mistakes we have made in 
directing the power at our command. The quality 



THE EFFECT OR THE CREATED 29 

of thought builds the condition. As man is not 
limited in thought, in quantity or in quality, he 
can reach the cause of all things in the Silence, but 
even there he must meet the necessary conditions, 
for everything is according to Law. The Law of 
Love, the Law of Harmony, the Law of Finance, 
the Law of Compensation and the Law of Right- 
ness. Deviating a hair's breath from one of these 
laws will result in unsatisfactory conditions. 

In later chapters these laws will be considered. 
The purpose of this chapter, I hope you now fully 
understand, is to bring you into the consciousness 
of the First Cause, Infinite Spirit, everywhere and 
in everything. Wherever you see life, it is First 
Cause in manifestation. Wherever you see power, 
it is the manifestation of First Cause. Wherever 
you see intelligence, it is First Cause thinking in 
man or animal. Wherever you see love, it is First 
Cause in action. 

Thus at the end of the second chapter we leave 
you with this consciousness that All is Good and 
All is Mind or Spirit and All is First Cause. 



CHAPTER III. 
ALL IS GOOD— THERE IS NO EVIL. 



ALL is Good, there is no Evil. To many in 
the midst of present conditions, this seems 
impossible. Let us see if the matter cannot 
be presented in such a manner that we shall come 
to know that ALL IS GOOD, THERE IS NO 
EVIL? 

In our previous study we have found but One 
Power and One Substance in the whole world. 
We found that Power and Substance to be First 
Cause, or Infinite Spirit. We also found that First 
Cause was Mind or Spirit and that All was GOOD. 
We also found the result of action on the part of 
First Cause in Creation was an Effect. The 
crowning effect we found to be man. We now 
take into account and deal with man. He is here, 
and is the all important factor in creative work. 
He is not only a Creation but is a Co- Worker 
with the Creator. Everything upon this scene of 
action is from First Cause, or from man, the 
Builder. It is possible for man to reach out into 
the unseen world and bring into the seen and 
tangible that for which His words stand. 



ALL IS GOOD— THERE IS NO EVIL 31 

With man appears what we call evil, sickness, 
poverty and trouble of all kinds. Now, remove 
every man, woman and child from New York 
City today — all would be peace and harmony, all 
would be good ; but when you bring man back you 
bring sickness and trouble of every kind, pain and 
poverty's low cry. 

What, then, is evil, and where does it come 
from? We know that First Cause Creation is 
good and that it created all there is. Therefore 
what we call evil is man's building. 

The origin of Evil? The subject has been a 
perplexing one to many thoughtful minds. First 
Cause is the Author of all things, but all that First 
Cause made was pronounced Good. How, then, 
came evil? I do not see how there can be any 
authorship to evil. No one created it. No one 
ever brought evil, as evil, into being. Evil — sin — is 
not a substance. It can neither be made nor be- 
gotten. It is not an attribute, nor is it a power 
or a faculty; therefore it is no thing — nothing. 
Inasmuch as it is not a constituent element of 
either mind or spirit, it cannot be an entity in any 
sense of the word. It can therefore be only an act, 
or a condition. 

Now let us see! Suppose that, on some dark 
night, a man stops you and forcibly takes your 
purse. This you would call an evil. Why does 
he do this ? Someone sells to your husband or son 
that which destroys his manhood. That is what 
we call evil. Your employer fails to pay as much 
for your services as he should, and you ask, "Is 



32 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

this right?" "Is this good?" "Do I not see pov- 
erty, crime and trouble everywhere? "Do you call 
this good? ,, "Do not my friends turn against me 
and speak that which is untrue about me?" "Can 
this be good?" All this and more comes from the 
same cause. They all think, that in some way what 
they do will contribute to their happiness. Their 
motive is good. They desire happiness, but their 
method of doing is what we question. It is right 
that this man who robs you should have money, 
but not your money. It is right also that he should 
be self-respecting. It is right that your employer 
should have money and profit in handling his busi- 
ness. You see the motive is right but the method 
is wrong. What we call evil is a mistaken way 
of doing things. What is a mistake? It is calling 
4x4=20, and so long as you persist in calling 
4x4=20 it will cost you something. Mistakes are 
expensive. 

Now, it does not follow that because someone 
has talked about us that we should make another 
mistake and talk about them. No ! The only way 
to correct that is to correct ourselves. In that way 
we gain the mastery. In that way we will master 
all the problems of life. 

When we understand this truth — Man's Power, 
that man can sit down in the Silence and adjust all 
these things, bring them into perfect harmony, it 
becomes unpardonable ignorance for a man not to 
know himself and his own power. 

We find, therefore, that what we call Evil is 
mans mistaken action. There is only one way to 



ALL IS GOOD- — THERE IS NO EVIL 33 

do a thing, and that is the right way. The wrong 
way is not a way at all. If you want to go 
to the North, you must take a North-bound train, 
not a South-bound. The Law is unalterable. We 
have believed in good and evil. We have acted 
upon the principle that there are two powers in 
the world. That is the mistake Europe is paying 
the price of today. Mistakes made in past years. 

Poverty, sickness, sorrow, trouble and unhappi- 
ness of every kind come through different chan- 
nels, but from the same sources — Mistaken 
Thought. 

Please read thoughtfully and understand me in 
what follows : I do not mean, when I say that 
"All is Good," that you are to say of poverty, sick- 
ness and trouble, "This is in some way good for 
me." No ! I do not mean that at all. I- mean 
to say that we have good material with which to 
build. First Cause has imparted Itself to us in 
Creation and that being good, is the material with 
which to form our life structure. First Cause be- 
ing the Substance of all things, is all Love, Life, 
Power and Presence. On and from this Substance 
we are to build. 

A certain quality of thought produces a certain 
condition. No matter who sends the thought forth, 
the quality determines the condition or result. If 
your condition is unsatisfactory, if your environ- 
ment is inharmonious, no one is at fault but your- 
self. At will you can change them all. You know 
some people do not want to think — they want First 
Cause to do it all for them. This First Cause will 



34 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

not do, because man is given the power of free and 
independent thought. For you and me there is 
work. We are Co- Workers with First Cause and 
must do our part. 

Today, man w r ants to know. We must be 
definite. You ask for a position in a large cor- 
poration. They ask, "What do you know?" 
"What are you worth ?" "Set your own price, but 
bring results. " We have first to know what we 
want and then send out the quality of thought 
that will build up and bring into manifestation 
that which we want. If we want harmony, send 
out the thought adapted to bring harmony. 

We have found that everything in creation is 
an expression of thought, either from Infinite 
Spirit or man; that thought carries different de- 
grees of Life, Love, Intelligence and Power. We 
have found that man is the Builder, with power to 
draw from this great Universal Supply anything 
he wants. He is not limited in thought, or qual- 
ity or quantity. He can place himself in touch 
with this Universal Power at any time he may 
choose and bring into manifestation — if he meets , 
the conditions which are necessary to produce it, 
the thing he has definitely determined upon. Sup- 
pose your body is out of harmony, that is, what 
we call sickness. You brought that into your 
world. Now, to speak life and love into your 
body a certain quality of thought must carry In- 
telligence and Will-Power. That is absolutely 
necessary to secure healing of the body, but this 
is not the quality of thought which is required to 



ALL IS GOOD — THERE IS NO EVIL 35 

bring you peace and harmony. It must be an 
entirely different combination and quite a differ- 
ent one from either of the two to bring success 
into business affairs. So you are required to 
master a Science: — The Science of all Sciences. 
We go blunderingly along, unconsciously using 
or abusing this Divine Power, too indolent to give 
the necessary attention that we may become masters 
of our own powers. The truth is like a combina- 
tion lock on a safe. Whoever has used one knows 
he has to turn the knob around to a certain num- 
ber and be exact about it. If you pass one iota 
too far, you have to begin all over again. You 
turn back to the next number, and if the work 
is exact you know the door will open for you. 
Just so with the truth. If you made a mistake 
in turning the lock on either number, the door 
will not open. With the Truth you must be 
just as exact. You must meet the right number 
exactly, send out the Exact Thought in order to 
bring that which you desire, into manifestation. 

Many persons send out the thoughts which 
bring poverty, produce trouble and sickness. 
Therefore it must come into their lives. They 
cannot escape conditions caused by their thoughts. 
The war in Europe is the result of mistaken 
thought. They have been equipped for war, have 
been preparing for war during centuries. Could 
anything else come out of it but war? No ! Con- 
sider your own Country. How long has it taken 
us to get into war ? Our President, three years ago 



36 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

was standing for peace and he was mastering 
every condition. For some good reason of his 
own he changed, and took the stump for pre- 
paredness. How long before we were in trouble 
with Mexico? How long did it take to get into 
war in Europe? We changed our thought. We 
are in war today with conditions and we will con- 
tinue in this war until our thought is changed. 
When we change the combination and when we 
change the thought we will change the condition. 
The quality of thought required to manifest peace 
and harmony is Love. LOVE TO THE WHOLE 
WORLD. It matters not how r much you have 
been disturbed. I do not care if your business 
has been destroyed, or if you have inharmony 
in your home — go into the Silence and say, "All 
is peace — Peace — All is peace," and you will 
swing into it and as you swing into it, you will 
change the condition. Love To The Whole World. 
This thought does not carry will-power. No, 
faith is required. I do not care whether you be- 
lieve there is a First Cause or not, you do not 
have to. All you have to do is to carry that 
thought and you will sw T ing into harmony and 
peace. 

This is a Science and when you have a thorough 
understanding of it, you can solve all problems 
of life. In mathematics, if we know where to 
multiply, subtract, add and divide we can solve 
any problem; we have only to know the princi- 
ples by which these factors are used. When a 
man understands his own power and sends out 



ALL IS GOOD — THERE IS NO EVIL 37 

the thought which builds what he wants, he too 
can solve any problem which life presents. 

We must not forget that thought emanates 
from us continually and according to its quality 
will be the effect. Each one uses this Divine 
power every moment, and by its quality the 
world is conditioned. So, all the evil of this 
world is of our own manufacturing. It can be 
wiped out at will. 

Now, let us take the man who steals your 
purse, which is called an evil. He reads these 
pages and finds that he has within himself, a 
power, which he can unfold that will bring more 
money, more happiness, and more self-respect 
than robbery. He therefore changes his life, 
changes his thought and begins to direct this 
Pow r er along right lines. The man is changed, 
and what you called evil in this man is gone 
forever. He used the same power — First Cause 
— to take your purse, but it was misdirected. 
There is only one power in the Universe and that 
is the First Cause Power. Our difficulty is, that 
we are building from a mistaken viewpoint, and 
not from the Substance which First Cause has 
imparted in the Creation, but trying to found our 
edifice on the plan of 4x4=20 and thereby bring- 
ing into manifestation poverty, trouble and sick- 
ness. Man can and does take good material and 
build what is called evil. A piano when it is in 
tune is perfect, and the person who plays it can 
bring forth exact harmony. I, who do not under- 
stand it, can bring forth only inharmony and dis- 



38 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

cord. This is what man is doing today. He 
uses the same power to strike you down as to 
lift you up. All according to the direction given 
by the uses. 

'"THERE IS NO EVIL"— "ALL IS GOOD," 
because all is of and from First Cause. What is 
called evil is man's mistaken way of working out 
or solving his problems. All the so-called evil is 
of man's building. As a man unfolds and begins 
to understand who he is he changes his world. 
Everything has been provided for his comfort 
and happiness, nothing is lacking — abundance 
everywhere. But man must know how to re- 
ceive and apply the law. All the materials re- 
quired for him to build a beautiful world are at 
his hand. Is he willing to meet the conditions? 
He must do the building. I cannot build for you 
nor you build for me. Man is making many mis- 
takes in so directing his power that it brings all 
the unsatisfactory conditions into his life. One 
may be experiencing much that is unpleasant and 
inharmonious today, but he can sit down in his 
office or his home and speak the word that will 
adjust everything to peace and happiness. But 
we must meet the test ourselves, and each for 
himself. Therefore the all important thing in 
life is 

MASTERY OF SELF. 

Know who you are and unfold all your powers. 
Some will tell you of two powers, spiritual and 
material — duality. That concept is at the base 



ALL IS GOOD THERE IS NO EVIL 39 

of all the world's disorders, sorrow, poverty and 
pain. 

Silent Demand comes to you with this mes- 
sage : — First Cause imparted itself in Creation. 
It is not only the power but the only POWER 
and the Substance of everything. Then we un- 
derstand how T First Cause is Omnipresent and 
Omnipotent; that we can separate ourselves 
from it only in belief, and that is only temporary. 
So what we call Evil is man-made and we can 
change it at will. 



CHAPTER IV. 
CONCENTRATION OR THE SILENCE. 



M 



OST of us understand that there is but 
ONE POWER in the Universe. That 
power each person is using unconsciously 
every day. We are directing this power against 
our business, our bodies and our homes, not know- 
ing what we are doing. Our contact with this 
power is immediate and constant, therefore we 
direct it, consciously or unconsciously, at every 
moment. By an understanding of the power of Con- 
centration and Silence we learn how to direct this 
power, beneficently in our personal affairs and 
those of the larger world. 

Through the Silence alone can we come into 
conscious touch with The All Wisdom, All Intelli- 
gence, and All Power. It is there also that we are 
best able to direct it consciously in our affairs and 
the world around us. 

Concentration we will find very necessary in the 
progress of our unfoldment along all lines. Some 
may ask, "What do you mean by Concentration ?" 
It is giving undivided attention to one particular 
thought or idea, to the exclusion of everything else. 



CONCENTRATION OR THE SILENCE 41 

It is directing this Divine Power consciously to a 
given point. 

The man of affairs, in order to be a successful 
business man, must know how to concentrate and 
give undivided attention to every detail. Now, if 
your business is out of joint, if it is not as success- 
ful as it should be, do you realize that you can sit 
quietly down in the Silence and direct that power 
to adjust your business affairs? Why does the 
business man have a private office ? He has it that 
there, in seclusion, he may master conditions ; that 
there he may be perfectly still; that there he may 
get into the Silence. Now, when the master of 
these forces becomes still, in the silence, he shuts 
out all contending influences, that he may come in 
touch with this Divine Wisdom which does and 
will shape his affairs. You know that you can 
direct this power for yourself or against yourself. 
The engine can pull as many cars backwards as it 
can forward — just change the lever. So indeed 
can we direct this power against ourselves or for 
ourselves, according as we understand and prac- 
tice the truth. 

The burning glass collects the sun's rays into a 
focal point where the heat is so intense as to set 
on fire anything the concentrated rays touch. In 
the Silence one can gather this Divine Power, and 
it always accomplishes something. The first step 
is the desire. The desire must be for the accom- 
plishment of some object which demands our un- 
divided attention, otherwise we cannot expect 
success along any line whatever. 



42 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

Some complain that their thoughts wander else- 
where when trying to concentrate, and they wonder 
why. It is because undivided attention is not 
given to the matter in hand. We have no difficulty 
in concentrating on the negative side. You have 
a note coming due tomorrow — you will think of 
it all day today if it is not provided for. Your 
rent is nearly due — you think about it constantly. 
When you enter the Silence it is for a definite 
purpose. You are coming in touch with All Wis- 
dom, therefore go consciously for a definite pur- 
pose and let that definite purpose take your undi- 
vided attention. Be so much interested in it as to 
be dominated by it — then you will get results. 

In studying concentration take some negative 
quality in your make-up that you wish to change, 
for instance, fear. Fear is the only Devil we have. 
We fear everything. We live in the thought of 
fear. Whenever we can eliminate fear from con- 
sciousness, it is banished from our world — we are 
Masters. There are but two qualities of thought 
which are necessary to banish fear. One is con- 
sciousness of who you are; the other is conscious- 
ness of your power. These two qualities will 
eliminate fear. Concentrate upon courage. Say: 
"I am courageous. I am Courage.'' Say: "I am 
more than this which I see before me." And you 
are. Swing into that consciousness. "I am more 
than failure. I am more than weakness." Realize 
who you are. Speak the word and march right up 
to it. WILL-POWER. Back your statement by 
action. Whatever you fear, walk right up to it 



CONCENTRATION OR THE SILENCE 43 

and you will find there is nothing to fear. 

The negative quality, Jealousy, which troubles a 
great many persons, requires a different combina- 
tion of attributes and activities. In this, you are 
dealing with another, outside of yourself. Con- 
centrate upon Love, Rightness and Justice. In 
the presence of these jealousy will disappear. 
Carry these qualities into the Silence — Love to 
the Whole World. "Under the conditions exist- 
ing, all that I desire is Rightness/' Think Right- 
ness. Jealousy must dissappear. It is a Mastery 
of Self. That is the whole secret in this work. 
Unconsciously we are using this Divine Power and 
it responds to our dominant thought. What we 
most sincerely desire is what we really are, be- 
cause "as a man Ihinketh in his heart, so is he." 
Thought becomes, when we consider it, a wonder- 
ful power. It embraces different qualities and the 
effect upon our lives, or its demonstration, is in 
accord with the character of the combination. In 
dealing with yourself the proper combination will 
bring Mastery, Faith, Knowledge and Will-Power. 
These are the successful elements. Faith in your- 
self to apply it. Will-Power to command and 
enforce it, and Knowledge of just what you are 
doing, this will remove Fear or Jealousy or inhar- 
mony when you understand who you are, and why 
you are possessed of these faculties. Understand- 
ing yourself, you can, in the quiet of your home 
or elsewhere, adjust any problem in life. Is it not 
worth knowing? Any problem that a person can 



44 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

possibly have to solve, can be adjusted, and by 
himself alone. The power is within his reach: 

Faith in the law, and in yourself to apply it. 

Knowledge of why you have faith in the law. 

Will-Power to command and enforce it. 

In dealing with the outside world we find quite 
a different combination necessary; this will be 
taken up in later chapters. 

CONCENTRATION and GOING INTO THE 
SILENCE are the same. How can the faculty of 
Concentration be unfolded? How to apply these 
laws, is the puzzle awaiting most of us. They are 
of little use unless we understand their application. 
Suppose we concentrate upon every little thing we 
want done- — upon everything you wish to have 
brought into your world. Go into the silence for 
it. What will be the result? As you take up the 
little things of life you will have no anxious 
thought for the morrow — you will see the demon- 
stration coming along out of the Silence, and as the 
little things make the larger ones, you will find 
all the larger ones are dispelled. Most of us wait 
until health is gone, friends are lost or business is 
destroyed and then we want, in great haste, some 
help out of our trouble. We want some one or 
some thing to change everything in a day or two. 
If it is not done, we have no use for either men 
or things. Waiting until everything is gone and 
we have not the consciousness to do the work which 
is necessary, is like locking the door after the thief 
has taken all our goods. 

A man came to me and wished me to speak the 



CONCENTRATION OR THE SILENCE 45 

word that would secure to him a million dollars 
while he had less than fifty cents worth of faith. 
Now, how could I get that million dollars for him 
by going into the silence? 

This is a business proposition and you should 
treat it in a business way. If you wish to do 
business with me, you must come to my office. 

Enter the silence by yourself. Secure a posi- 
tion of comfort in order that nothing attract the 
attention. You have a definite purpose. Some- 
thing in your life or business requires adjustment. 
You get perfectly still and trust the law to do the 
work. Trust yourself to speak the word, because 
you understand there is but one Power. "Let 
there be, and there was." Now you can sit down 
and say, "Let there be, and there is." I repeat — 
get perfectly still and into a positive state of mind. 
Do not carry your trouble into the silence. Say, 
"I am master." "I am coming in touch with this 
Power which built everything in this world." 

As a beginner it is well that you have a key 
word to enable you to shut out everything of an 
outside character. You may have something de- 
pressing you. There may be conditions of inhar- 
mony in the home. You will be tempted to carry 
these things into the Silence. Do not do it. You 
may have some business trouble and you want to 
carry that into the Silence. Do not do that. You 
are alone there with All Wisdom. Let a higher 
Power work for you. 

I will give you something to carry into the 
Silence: When perfectly still and at your ease, 



46 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

close your eyes— give your whole attention to it — 
look out and see if you can see everything 
"BLUE." In carrying this out if your thoughts 
begin to wander, break the Silence, stop right there 
and begin over again. If you can see the Blue, 
come back and Speak the Word for whatever you 
want, but on no account carry your trouble into 
the Silence. If you do, there will be no results. 

There are some to whom these thoughts are new. 
You can begin their practice at once. The Silence 
should be entered twice daily and the word spoken 
for yourself. Do not allow your business to fall 
out of harmony — speak the word every morning 
before you leave your home. Determine what you 
want to see manifested. Speak for that. Do not 
forget this — it is important. 

In speaking the word for yourself or others this 
should be said — "Let the way open that this or that 

may come into manifestation. " One may 

want a position. You may say, "Infinite Spirit, let 
the way open, that may have such a posi- 
tion as he is equipped to fill." Be definite and 
state the time. Then, in the evening speak the 
word of thankfulness that the way has opened for 
this one. Speak the word but once. If you do 
more than that you are doubting your own word. 
Trust your word. If you have not arrived at full 
faith in the law, take up some problem which does 
not carry any anxious thought. Speak the word 
for another. Then it will not have such personality 
and will not contain anxious thought for yourself. 

Some persons ask this question : "Why can I 



CONCENTRATION OR THE SILENCE 47 

speak the word so well for another and not for 
myself?" Because in speaking the word for your- 
self the anxious thought is carried into the re- 
quest — while in speaking for another you trust the 
law, without personal anxiety. 

At first, remain in the silence but a few mo- 
ments. As soon as thought begins to wander, 
break the Silence. Practice Concentration. All 
successful work in the Silence is done through 
concentration, in healing, in success in business, 
and in the mastery of self. 

I cannot too strongly impress upon your mind 
the importance of this lesson. The practice of 
the Silence should be taken up at once. It is here 
alone that we come in touch with the Great Uni- 
versal Power. The control of thought is the cause 
of everything in our world and can be secured only 
by the practice of Concentration. Our thoughts 
build our world. If your world is not what you 
would have it, look yourself over and send out 
positive thoughts. Each one knows what he is 
doing, and where he is living. If living in the 
thought of limitation, change the thought to abund- 
ance. If you are living in the thought of fear, 
change it to courage, and you will see that your 
condition will change in the same degree that your 
thought is changed. 

To be MASTER OF YOURSELF, and MAS- 
TER OF YOUR WORLD, you must first be 
Master of your Thought, for only so can you send 
out the right combination. Concentration is an 
absolute necessity for definite work. Without prac- 



48 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

tice in Concentration I question if one can sit in 
the Silence for five seconds with absolute control 
of his thoughts. They will wander everywhere. 
That is what we are doing constantly. That is one 
reason why many are unable to make conscious 
demonstration. We must learn that thought, not 
feeling, is to control. That law, not sensation, 
governs success. Many persons get excited over 
every trifle. We must learn control of feeling in 
order to get satisfactory results and conditions. 

Why should we be subject to unpleasant ex- 
periences when it is possible for each one to say 
what is coming into our world tomorrow, next 
week or next month? All we have to do is to 
Master Ourselves. Definite work is necessary in 
order to secure satisfactory manifestation. We 
must be Masters of Ourselves. In order to con- 
trol the Cause we must reach the Mastery through 
the Silence. Know what we are doing. Know how 
we are directing this Great Universal Power, 
whether for ourselves, or against ourselves. This 
control can be secured only by using the power 
of Concentration in everything and everywhere. In 
this way its power and value are most quickly and 
definitely unfolded. And while we are consciously 
receiving from the Great Universal Supply, we are 
also imparting to a given point, through the Silence. 

Let me again emphasize the necessity for Positive 
Thought. If you have negative thoughts you 
cannot expect satisfactory results. You know, 
perhaps, some persons who have been practicing 
this for a long time who persist in carrying nega- 



CONCENTRATION OR THE SILENCE 49 

tive, or receiving negative thought, and wonder 
why they get no results. Some will tell you to 
enter the Silence and just listen. That brings you 
nothing. There must be definite, positive thought. 
Man is Co- Worker. First Cause is not wondering 
how its thoughts, will result. Man, the builder, 
must be as clear, as definite, and as positive as the 
Master. We are building every minute something 
in and for our world. Consciously or unconscious- 
ly, we build. 

Therefore, when you go into the Silence, go for 
a definite purpose. Every thought and every 
word should be charged with purpose and after 
that is completed, break the Silence. This will close 
the mind against those negative thoughts and nega- 
tive conditions. When speaking the word for an- 
other, be positive and realize that you are directing 
this Great Universal Power to their relief or 
benefit. 

THE SILENCE IS THE PLACE OF 
POWER. Here is where we come into conscious 
touch with ALL POWER. The more conscious 
we are of that Wisdom, that Power, that Intelli- 
gence, which is within our reach, the better will 
be the results. In the Silence we deal with the 
Cause of Things. When we come to understand 
that we are the cause of everything in our world, 
we are able to change the conditions by coming 
into its stillness, and in conscious touch with this 
Great Divine Power, turn it in our favor or 
against ourselves. 

There is one large corporation in Chicago which 



50 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

has a Silence Room and once every day the officers 
of that Company visit that room either as a body 
or singly as they need. A business man can sit 
down in his office and adjust business matters a 
thousand miles away. This is of daily occurrence. 

Reader — begin the Silence today. Speak the 
word for yourself. Any honest desire, anything 
you wish to see brought into manifestation, you 
may see met if you bring the right spirit in your 
request. But do not ask for a million dollars if 
you have only a twenty-five cent faith. You won't 
get it. Ask for anything you have the FAITH 
that you can receive by a spoken word and you 
will receive it. It is not the question of how much 
you ask for. — it is the question whether you are 
master of yourself, and that comes through the 
Silence. 

Study this lesson over again. Use it every day 
and some night you will be able to say, "I have 
spoken for myself today and the reply is manifest." 



CHAPTER V. 
HEALING SELF AND OTHERS. 



SO long as man continues to make mistakes, so 
long will he continue those unpleasant ex- 
periences which are called sickness, sorrow 
and trouble. But when we come to understand 
ourselves and know what has been provided for us, 
then all these experiences will pass out of our lives. 
Inasmuch as we are all liable to make these mis- 
takes, we should learn how to correct them. Mas- 
tery of both body and environment is possible to 
all. 

In our first chapter we found that First Cause 
imparted itself in the Creation. We learned that 
First Cause is all Intelligence, all Love, all Life, 
all Power and that all is Mind or Spirit. Let the 
reader fasten this in his consciousness : — That man 
is its most complete expression. These are the 
qualities which were imparted : — all Intelligence, 
all Life, all Power, and that all is Mind or Spirit. 
If therefore, First Cause imparted itself in Crea- 
tion, these are the Substances which he imparted to 
man. All Substance must have a degree of intelli- 
gence, a degree of life, a degree of love, and a 
degree of power. 



52 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

From this premise we begin to know how man, 
the master-mind in the created, can speak to these 
intelligences and they obey. God said — "Let there 
be," and there was. This power has been imparted 
to man. Man said — "Let there be a bridge of steel 
thrown across the East River," and there was. 
Man said — "Let the lightning be chained," and it 
became his servant. But man is a spiritual being. 
Why should he not have full commerce with Spirit- 
ual Powers? He does. He may sit down in the 
Silence and come into immediate touch with the 
All Power, and let it speak through him and say — 
"Let there be," and there is. 

As there is but one Power in the whole creation, 
man must use this or none. He directs it con- 
sciously or unconsciously to any part of his body. 
Our bodies have a degree of intelligence, and we 
can speak to this intelligence. It will obey. 

The cause of this inharmony which we call sick- 
ness is, that we have been telling these little minds 
of which our bodies are composed, that which is 
not true. We have filled these little minds with 
fear. Fear of a draft — fear of certain foods — 
fear of contagion — fear of microbes. We have 
told these little minds, "you are sick." We have 
said to these little minds — "I am not master." 
"You are the masters." They hold the thought. 
The master-mind must eradicate this impression. 
We are responsible for everything that enters into 
our lives or touches our bodies. When we tell 
these little minds that which is not true they en- 
large upon what we have told them. 



HEALING SELF AND OTHERS 53 

Any up-to-date medical man will tell you that 
every organ manifests a degree of intelligence. Of 
the food we consume each organ takes only what it 
can use and passes the remainder on to some other 
organ. In case of injury to one part, all the other 
parts hasten to offer it restoration. Every part 
supplies something to aid recovery. This is true of 
nature everywhere. She tries to cover wounds and 
scars wherever made. So in the externals of life 
around us a degree of intelligence is seen. 

As soon as the truth is understood and spoken 
truly, what is called sickness will disappear. Noth- 
ing unusual about it. Nothing mysterious. It is 
simply to understand and exercise the power of 
man in the spiritual world. 

The physician of the future will be a teacher. 
He is now dealing with effect — he will then be 
dealing with the cause. We are the cause. We 
bring about a condition and then send for a physi- 
cian. He treats the effect which we have brought 
into manifestation. Later he will learn to treat the 
cause. Instead of looking at your tongue or feel- 
ing your pulse, he will ask — "What have you been 
telling these little minds of which your body is 
made up? What have you been telling them? 
Where are you living today, mentally?" He will 
diagnose your mentality instead of your body be- 
cause that is the source of your malady. He will 
begin to deal with the cause. It is a source of 
gratification that many thoughtful physicians are 
now studying the mental causes of all disease along 
this line and embodying its principles in their 
practice. 



54 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

Law governs all conditions. There is a law of 
Health. To this law of ' Health the truth must 
always be spoken. By telling an untruth the law is 
violated and you must pay the penalty. Did you 
ever consider what this means in your life? Have 
you thought you could say anything that you 
wished? A lady will tell her servant to say, — "I 
am not at home today," when she is at home. This 
is an untruth and the penalty must be paid in full. 

In allowing oneself to become angry, the laws 
of health are violated. To admit worry or des- 
pondency to enter the mind, is to open the door 
and invite what we call sickness. But when the 
Mastery is obtained and we send out thoughts of 
truth, we come into perfect health. How many 
persons who read this page have proved this? 
How many can witness that worry affects the 
body, and anxiety disturbs all its functions? Why, 
then, will you continue to permit these things to 
produce disease and inharmony in your life? You 
do not have to be a thief, a hold-up man or a 
forger to violate law. Every day the laws of 
health are broken ; the laws of business and all 
laws relating to your well being are disregarded, 
and therefore you can expect nothing but unsatis- 
factory conditions. 

The Mastery of one's thoughts and words are 
necessary to perfect health. "As one thinketh in 
his heart, so is he." But so long as mistakes are 
made and the laws of health are violated it is quite 
important for us to understand how to restore nor- 
mal conditions. That is what this lesson is pre- 
senting. 



HEALING SELF AttD OTHERS 55 

Now, the best way to heal ourselves is to begin 
at the root. That is, to heal ourselves of making' 
mistakes. Then we have less work to do later on. 
Mastery of self is to heal us of our mistakes. The 
fourth chapter taught that Mastery comes only 
through the Silence. Mastery of thoughts. Mas- 
tery of words, mastery of your world comes 
through the Silence. Many who read this page 
have proven this. You sit alone in the silence and 
speak the word which opens the door to health. 
In treating for health, as for all other conditions, 
always find the cause if you can. When the cause 
is removed conditions are changed at once. Bring 
the truth to the problem and error will disappear. 

When the cause is inharmony, speak the word 
for Tightness, love and justice to be made mani- 
fest in the home. — and in the body. If it is the 
thought of lack, and so many of us are carrying 
that today — lack and limitation in finance — speak 
the word for joy, happiness, abundance for one 
living in the thought of lack and * limitation. No 
one can hold that thought very long and still have 
lack in their world. • 

Is it fear? Speak the word for courage. You 
may find it to be lack of self-control — "all strung 
up — tense" — ready to break. Speak the word for 
poise. For mastery of self. 

All these mental conditions manifest in our 
bodies and in our affairs. These conditions will 
continue and increase so long as we continue to 
hold these negative thoughts. "To him that hath, 
more shall be given." So it depends on what you 



56 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

and I have and use, what our enlargement shall 
be. If we have inharmony in the home and are 
living in that thought, we will have more of it — 
abundance of it. If we are living in any thought 
that is violating the law — any law whose violation 
brings inharmony in the body or out of it — we 
shall have still more. "To him who hath, more 
shall be given." This is a positive truth. So our 
life today indicates what our world will be next 
week, next month, next year. 

In healing yourself or others, first get still, in- 
side and outside. Perfectly still. You may at first 
be obliged to go away by yourself and say - — 
Peace — peace — all is peace/' No matter if it re- 
quires fifteen minutes before the state of absolute 
peace is secured — sit in the Silence and repeat — 
"Peace, all is peace." Sooner or later the conscious- 
ness that all is peace will transfuse and transform 
the spirit. 

Following this, secure a positive state of mind. 
Never enter the Silence in a negative state of mind. 
When you do, the door is opened to everything 
outside, far and near. A negative state is recep- 
tive. The healer may, if negative, take on the 
quality of thought of the one he wishes to heal — 
failure, of course. Do not be negative. Be posi- 
tive. Go into the Silence with a definite purpose. 
Get perfectly still. Close the eyes and send out the 
conscious mind into the Universal. Out, out, far 
out, and pretty soon you will lose yourself. That is 
concentration. This is concentrating for the work 
which you will have to do later on. Mastery of 



HEALING SELF AND OTHERS 57 

your mentality. Mastery of your mind. Send out 
the mind and continue sending it out until it is pos- 
sible for you to see a light blue. Of course your 
eyes are closed. Now, when the blue light is 
reached, and you are conscious of what you en- 
tered the silence to accomplish, speak the word for 
just what you wish to see come into manifestation. 
You have no idea of the power that lies within 
each one until it is proven to and by yourself. 

Recently a lady came to me and said, "We are 
going to have a little gathering. There is inhar- 
mony in that gathering and it is not working out 
as it should. Will you speak the word?" I went 
home and spoke the word. Immediately afterward 
I received a letter from the lady saying that it 
worked perfectly. Now, each one has the same 
power. Each one can speak the word as well as 
I. The object of this lesson is to help you to self- 
mastery — to stand upon your own feet and not to 
lean upon any prop less than All Power, all love 
and all life. 

Should there be inharmony at a given place in 
the body — say, for instance, the arm — speak the 
word to that particular place. Address your mas- 
ter mind to those little minds which are active in 
that part or place which is disturbing you. They 
will obey. To the little minds which go to make 
up any part of the body, speak the word. There 
is intelligence and there will be obedience. 

Should there be a fever, one must be careful 
about his words. Certain words will increase the 
fever. In fever cases bathe the entire body men- 



58 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

tally with Infinite health and normal conditions. 
Begin at the top of the head, and bathe, mentally, 
the entire body clear to the feet, as you would with 
a sponge. You will here recognize the importance 
of the lesson on concentration. I question if some 
can accomplish this, but it can be done by prac- 
tice, daily. Bathe the patient from head to foot 
mentally and look right through the skin. First 
bathe the inside and second, the outside of the 
skin. You can reduce the fever — how well, will 
depend upon your power of concentration. If you 
are good in concentrating the fever will be reduced 
in two hours at the longest. 

In case of weakness, bathe in Infinite Health and 
Strength, in Vigor, Life and normal conditions. 
You will note the difference in the wording. It is 
important. This treatment given in a fever case 
would increase the fever. So you must know what 
you are doing. As I have said, the future physi- 
cian will be dealing with the cause of things in- 
stead of their effect, and be better able than now 
to remove the cause of all inharmony of the body. 

On every occasion, whether treating yourself or 
another, make full preparation to speak the word, 
and only the right word. In treating a fever, do 
not come from the outer world of affairs without 
any preparation. To secure the best results, pre- 
pare yourself and get in touch with the Divine 
Power consciously, and then it will speak through 
you. Speak to these little intelligences what you 
want, and they will understand. 

Many ladies who are lovers of flowers tell me 



HEALING SELF AND OTHERS 59 

that flowers understand what they say to them. 
Some say they have great "luck" in the culture of 
flowers because they love them and speak to them 
and the flowers bloom for them. It is simply the 
intelligence of the flower that understands and 
responds to your affection. 

We have a Persian cat that has intelligence. 
When it wants its breakfast in the morning it goes 
under the table and puts its paw on the bell and 
it rings in the kitchen. The maids, for a time, 
used to come in, but as they have become used to 
it, they give but little attention to the early call. 
But that cat knows enough to ring the bell; his 
intelligence tells him that when he rings the bell it 
brings something to eat. Do you tell me that ani- 
mals have no intelligence ? 

Now, in reference to your health — do not wait 
and neglect your body until its functions are out 
of harmony. The same advice applies to your busi- 
ness affairs. This is the mistake you make. You 
wait until you are what you call sick — the body is 
out of harmony before you give it attention. If 
you want perfect health begin today and speak the 
truth to every organ of your body, and speak it 
twice daily, and health will come and the perfect 
functioning of every part. Begin at the top of the 
head and proceed downwards, speaking to each in 
turn. Say, "Infinite Spirit, let the way be open 
that my brain be clear and alert, just as it should 
be — my throat, the bronchial tubes, the lungs, all 
manifest perfect health." Speak to each twice 
daily. Call to account every organ of the body 



60 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

and it will respond; do not allow one to go un- 
spoken to. Do not tell these little minds untruths 
and wait till you are compelled to go to bed before 
you give the body its due consideration. 

Perhaps you do the same thing in your business. 
Regardless of what you might do to avert disaster, 
you let it go all to pieces. When it becomes out 
of joint you want help. Unless you speak the 
word for your business every day — every morn- 
ing express your desire, and every evening your 
thankfulness that the way has been opened for 
its success, it is liable to be destroyed — and that 
by your own indifference, or ignorance. Speak 
the word from the Silence and then, trust the law. 
Trust your spoken word. Do not question your- 
self and wonder if "that was spoken just right?" 
Do not say, "I don't know if that was the right 
thing to do." Go into the Silence with a definite 
purpose and become perfectly still. Let the Divine 
Power speak through you and trust the power 
which these words direct and you will get results. 

In absent work, speak into the Universal but 
with an absolutely definite purpose and with defi- 
nite words. Time and space have nothing to do 
with the spoken word — your consciousness is the 
sole basis. 

This lesson is to help you get an understanding 
of your own power — then you will become con- 
scious of Mastery. Mastery, not alone of your 
body, nor yet of your home affairs, but also of 
your business. Sitting in the Silence you can say, 
"Infinite Spirit, let the way open that I am covered 



HEALING SELF AND OTHERS 61 

up with orders" ; and you can start them coming. 
In the Silence you may speak the word which will 
multiply the income from your business. You are 
speaking to intelligence. You are using the great 
power that says, "Let there be/' and there is. So 
can you say, "Let there be/' no matter what it may 
be. 

What has been the difficulty heretofore? You 
have been telling these intelligences untruths. You 
have talked to your bodies and told them untruths 
and they have responded accordingly. That is the 
reason for your sickness, your trouble and heart- 
ache today. 

Allow a word of recapitulation for emphasis. 
Live in the thought that you are power. Gain 
power by doing. If you would increase the 
strength of your arm, you must use it. If you 
want more faith in yourself and this law, you 
must practice both. Use the little faith you have. 
Begin to treat someone today. Speak the word for 
someone somewhere and prove that you have the 
power. You may know of one whose business is 
at odds, or one whose health is failing. They may 
be helped. Do not do this for yourself alone — it 
is not that, but by doing for others you become 
conscious that you are a power and that it is possi- 
ble for its demonstration in every act of your life. 
So, get to work. 



CHAPTER VI. 

HOW TO APPLY THESE PRINCIPLES IN 
BUSINESS. 



THERE is no place where these truths are 
more needed than in the field of affairs. 
You understand that it is possible for you 
to bring success to yourself out of what is called 
failure. This is literally true of you who read 
this page. You have only to understand and use 
your true power. 

We are told that 90 to 95 per cent of business 
men fail at some time during their business career. 
This should not be. There is no reason why it 
should be so because everyone may reach that un- 
derstanding by which he can come in touch with 
All Wisdom — an intelligence which will guide in 
all business as well as in all mental, moral and 
spiritual affairs. When a man understands his 
possibilities, when he understands who he is and 
why he is here, then he learns why he should be 
the master. 

We live in a world of change. We live in a 
world where most of us believe in limitation. Few 
ever had enough of what they wanted, perhaps 



APPLICATION IN BUSINESS 63 

of what they needed. We see poverty on every 
hand, and people limited along all lines ; limited in 
every way. It is possible for us to get out of the 
bondage of limitation. And further fore we must, 
before we can come into the realization of abund- 
ance. 

We admit that we see limitation on every hand. 
But why? It is because you and I have sent out 
a thought that brings limitation into our world, 
and therefore, nothing else can come. Your 
thoughts and your words, my thoughts and my 
words build our world. Create our atmosphere. 
The Scripture saith, "For every idle word you shall 
give account." Every word you speak means 
something in your world, so for every good word 
spoken much good comes to you out of good words 
spoken. 

We are born with an "I want." The moment 
one enters the world he wants something and that 
want continues to increase so long as he remains 
here. Whenever we want a certain thing and it 
is brought into manifestation, we want something 
more , — something else. So the "I wants" grow. 
And that is right. That is best for us ; it is First 
Cause pushing us along to something better. This 
Great Universal Power pushes us on because 
everything that we can possibly want has been 
provided for us. It is in the unseen and we have 
to learn how to reach into the unseen world and 
bring it into the seen, and to the degree we are 
able to do that, are we able to satisfy all our "I 
wants." 



64 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

We have been taught just the opposite of much 
that this lesson contains. We have believed in 
Duality. We have believed in two Powers. We 
have accepted evil and good as opposing forces in 
the universe. We have considered the Spiritual 
and the Material as distinct from and adverse to 
each other. Two substances cannot exist. Matter 
is but the manifestation of Spirit in coarser form. 
Here we find that there is but one power. There 
is but one substance, and that is Mind, or Spirit, 
First Cause. Not until we enter into this realiza- 
tion — come into its full consciousness —do we be- 
gin to see man's possibilities. 

There was a time — perhaps it is still lingering 
with some of us — when it was not thought right 
to talk about our business on Sunday morning. As 
business is quite a part of each life and as life is 
sacred, there is nothing in which we can properly 
engage which is not equally sacred. Most of us 
spend from twelve to fourteen hours in business 
every day. The housewife is in business. A sacred 
occupation. However, when we understand our- 
selves and what has been provided for us, there 
will open a way by which we do not give so many 
hours to business. A division of time and labor — 
so many hours to business, so many to recreation, 
and so many hours to be spent in helping others. 
Let me repeat. We know that all substance is 
mind or Spirit — First Cause. We know there is 
abundance everywhere. When a man knows how 
to build out of this abundance, all his "I wants" 
will be satisfied. When he realizes that he is mas- 



APPLICATION IN BUSINESS 65 

ter of any problem that presents itself this con- 
dition will come into manifestation. All "wants" 
will be met. 

You say that business with you is not going as 
it should. You are responsible for it. If you 
would change your business, it is yourself that must 
change first. To the degree, and in the quality of 
the change in you, will the character and the qual- 
ity of your business be changed. Its success lies 
in you. So long as you accept and carry the 
thought of limitation — so long as you admit that 
the business is getting poorer every day, you are 
doing the very thing that will drive it out of exist- 
' ence. 

Every sincere student of this truth finds that 
there is a universal bank to which he has free 
access, with unlimited credit. He must under- 
stand his account and know how to draw his check. 
Whenever a check is drawn according to law it is 
immediately honored. It is necessary for one to 
know just how to draw the check. If correctly 
drawn — just as this great universal bank de- 
mands — it will be honored every time. That is 
what we are studying now. How to draw the 
check that will bring. — shall I say — dollars? — yes, 
dollars to us. 

For every possible want of man provision has 
been made. He must know how to do his part, and 
then he must do it. With every condition fulfilled, 
the law will compel him to take the returns. If 
you violate the law you pay the penalty. If you 
fulfill the conditions of success the law forces you 



66 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

to take that — the conditions of which you have 
met. You cannot fulfill the conditions of success 
without receiving success — it cannot be done. 

In drawing from this great universal supply 
house, you must realize the truth of things as they 
are. You cannot believe in error. You must 
omit error from the account and comply with the 
conditions of this great universal bank. 

We find that all is law, and there is a law of 
finance as well as a law of business affairs. There 
is no such thing as luck. Everyone who succeeds 
has in some way complied with this law of suc- 
cess. What now interests you and me is, how to 
comply with this law. 

Allow me to give you this illustration. A gen- 
tleman — a shipper of heavy goods — gave me this 
experience. For the past few months there have 
been embargoes on all the railroads. It became 
necessary for him to ship three or four cars of 
goods. From the teachings of this law, he under- 
stood that it was possible for him to secure the 
moving of these cars as it was very necessary. He 
went into the Silence for the purpose. He told me 
that he was surprised at the result. "I was able 
to move those cars." The embargo was on the 
road, but he was living under a different law. He 
was master of the situation. He came in touch 
with the great universal Power consciously and 
said, "Let the way be opened," and it opened. 

What the reader of this page wants to know is, 
how to comply with this law which brings what so 
many call luck. There are things which he must 



APPLICATION IN BUSINESS 67 

do. Let us consider first those things which he 
must not do. 

Never ask or expect something for nothing. If 
you do, you violate the law of compensation, and 
you will not get satisfactory returns. Pay your 
way. Perhaps you know people who, in a street 
car, look out of the window as the conductor 
passes them, and so — save a nickel. Do you 
know what that means? Saving that nickel will 
cost you dollars. The quality of thought sent out 
will take many dollars from you and your world. 
If you cheat someone out of a dollar you are 
beating yourself out of hundreds of dollars. There 
is a law of compensation with which we must 
comply. 

Next, we must not hunt for something cheap. 
Cheap thoughts will always bring cheap returns. 
Some ladies, for instance, look and wait for bar- 
gain day. Do you know what bargain day costs 
them? It keeps them forever looking for bar- 
gains. Never say you cannot afford this, or that. 
Your spoken word will bring you into a position 
where you never can afford — anything. It is wise 
to consider what our words mean. Nor should 
we forget that thoughts are things, as well. 

You say that your business is bad — getting 
poorer and poorer every day. Your thought and 
words will surely bring it into manifestation. If 
you say, "I cannot afford this, I cannot afford 
that," you are advancing rapidly to the point 
where your words will prove true. I am repeat- 
ing this as it is necessary to impress upon your 



68 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

mind ineradicably that it means everything to your 
world what you say regarding it. 

Never pay out money grudgingly or with regret. 
Let it go cheerfully. Make up your mind that it 
matters little if you have but one dollar. Decide 
before you spend that dollar that you want that 
something more than that dollar — then let it go 
cheerfully. Think that what you get means more 
to you than the dollar you spent. Live in the 
thought. Do not regret that you have sent the 
money out, or that you are without it. This 
means something in your world. To regret having 
spent the money is to violate law, which has a 
penalty attached to it, and you will pay that pen- 
alty to the last farthing. 

Never, never say, "My business is getting 
poorer/' Why do I say this? Because, when you 
send out a thought, you believe what you say. You 
believe your business is losing ground. That is 
complying with the law which brings about tl^e 
condition. Now, if you can believe, you may come 
into a consciousness which enables you to say, "My 
business is improving — getting better every day, 
growing in quality and volume/ ' You will see in 
manifestation what you think and what you are 
saying. If you are conscious of meeting a condi- 
tion, you will see it in manifestation. So when 
you say that business is getting poorer, you believe 
what you say and comply with the law which will 
bring the returns of getting poorer still. 

There are many business men and business 
houses, when things drop off a little, who say, 



APPLICATION IN BUSINESS 69 

"Business is not quite so good this month as it 
was last," and they begin to study for places to 
retrench, cut off expenses. They call in their 
salesmen from the road; and talk to their part- 
ners, and say, "We must retrench." Do you un- 
derstand what they are doing? Do they under- 
stand? They are sending out a quality of thought 
that will bring disaster to any company, I do not 
care how large it is. We induce conditions which 
bring disaster and then wonder why things go 
wrong with us. We are personally at fault. 

Young man reading this page — to you let me 
say, You have within yourself the power to build 
just as high as you want to build. You are 
limited only by your aspirations. Your world lies 
in your making. The thought you are sending out 
is building your future habitation. It is plastic 
now, it may crystallize around you later. Do not 
rely upon any employer. Do not rely upon any- 
thing outside of yourself except Divine Power, and 
you may build just as good a business, just as large 
•a business as you wish. 

WHAT WE MUST DO. Let us consider some 
of those things. 

First : — We must control ourselves in the home. 
Must have perfect harmony there. No man can 
succeed in business with inharmony in the home. 
There of all places peace and harmony must reign. 
When a husband and wife agree and everything is 
at peace, they can sit down in the Silence together 
and speak the word which will open any business, 
or that will start success out of failure. The possi- 



70 ' NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

bility of husband and wife to do work in the home 
is something wonderful. 

Second : — We must control ourselves in the busi- 
ness world. Everything must be based on the 
principles of rightness if you desire permanent 
success. You can comply with the law of suc- 
cess and secure it while violating the law in an- 
other way, the results of which you will reap later 
on. This is hair-line work. 

There was a firm in Chicago which conducted 
its affairs by questionable methods. It was carry- 
ing on a large business, but went into bankruptcy. 
The firm could not pay ten cents on the dollar. 
This result was in consequence of wrong methods. 
The law of success had been complied with for a 
time and success had been crowded upon it, but 
the moment the quality of thought was changed, 
the moment it began to grasp from someone else, 
the moment the violation of law began, that mo- 
ment began the reaping which resulted in bank- 
ruptcy, the penalty of violation. 

Attention must first be given to the Silence, 
where you ask for wisdom. Then, build a picture 
of what you want. I repeat, build a picture of 
just what you want — like an architect, drawing 
a complete plan for a cathedral. What is the pur- 
pose of your building? What is the size, design 
and character? Find out at first what you want. 
Then build. What business will you enter upon? 
What eminence do you wish to reach? Put the 
goal up there - — what height do you want to at- 
tain? Draw your mental outline, fill in every part, 



APPLICATION IN BUSINESS 71 

and then put heart, soul and attention in that direc- 
tion and never lose the thought of reaching your 
goal, and you certainly will achieve. 

There is a gentleman in New York having in 
his employ three or four hundred men at the 
present time. He once related to me the following 
incident: "I was very fond of music and espe- 
cially the Opera. My salary was not large at the 
time and I could not afford a high priced seat 
and so, went into the gallery. But I was interested. 
As I sat there one evening I saw a man walk down 
the aisle, in a full dress suit and take a seat 
about the fifth or sixth row from the stage. I 
placed that in my mind and it was not very long 
before I was sitting in the fifth or sixth row wear- 
ing a dress suit." So it is with the picture which 
you build. If you surround it with limitations, if 
it is charged with poverty, if you build a picture 
of inharmony and unhappiness, you will see all 
your anticipated conditions brought into your 
world. As you read this page, come directly to this 
realization. You can have just what you want. 
No one can limit you in thought, in ambition, or 
in achievement but yourself. You can sit down 
with this little volume in your hand and make 
yourself anything that you wish. It all depends on 
the quality of thought which you send forth. You 
can speak the word, "Let there be." Do you ques- 
tion this? Do you smile incredulously? Well, 
prove it for yourself. Do not take the word which 
you have read; just give it personal proof. That 
is the only way. Then, you know. 



72 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

Depend upon the Silence. Let the All Wisdom 
guide you and there can be no mistake. Every 
mistake costs something. "Trust in the Lord with 
all thine heart and lean not to thine own under- 
standing/' "In all thy ways acknowledge Him 
and he shall direct thy path/' No mistake there. 

As I have said before, be definite. Know what 
you want and speak the word definitely for that. 
If you want an increase in business, state the 
amount and have faith in yourself, as you speak 
the word. If you have but little faith, ask for 
but little, as that is all you will get. 

If you wish anything brought into manifesta- 
tion, follow it to a finish. Suppose you want to 
go to England or other foreign countries. Ask 
for the way to open that this come into manifesta- 
tion. If you want a new dress or a new hat, speak 
the word. Be definite. Name the price you will 
pay and then see yourself in it. Hold that thought 
until you see it in manifestation. Do not begin 
and then weaken. That does not bring you any- 
where or to anything. Hold persistently to that 
for which you start: — run the race to" the end and 
you will see its full realization. It is a business 
proposition. This lesson is for business and that is 
why Insistence is laid on your being definite and 
persistent. As I repeat — if you want to go to 
England, see yourself getting off the boat and hold 
the thought to a finish. Build a picture, then fill 
in the outlines to a completed fact. Never let go. 
Whatever you begin, hold on until it is brought 
into manifestation. 



APPLICATION IN BUSINESS 73 

Young man, you are reading this page and wish- 
ing you had a better position. You are not obliged 
to remain where you are. Whatever the position 
you want, begin today and speak the word for it. 
Look for it. Comply with every condition right 
where you are. Do the best you can, the present 
place may improve as soon as you are thoroughly 
equipped for it. The position for which you are 
speaking the word will appear and the law will 
push you into it. 

But you would like to start a business for your- 
self? You have not a dollar of capital. You 
can start that business today if you will — but in 
what way? You can draw upon the great uni- 
versal bank of which you have been reading. It 
is within your reach to draw all the dollars that you 
are equipped to manage. What is the condition? 
You must be equipped to furnish all the thought 
capital required in the business. That is all that 
is necessary. There must be an earnest desire for 
a particular business. You must have faith in 
yourself to carry it to a success. You must be 
willing to assume all the responsibility that goes 
with it. Having these qualifications, you must sit 
down in the silence and draw the money — all the 
money that is required to carry on that business. 
There is abundance of money everywhere looking 
for just such an opportunity. All you have to do 
is to equip yourself and the law will bring the two 
together. Equip yourself and speak the word and 
the door will open. 

It is necessary, first, to master ourselves. We 



74 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

will find that we can control the outer to the de- 
gree that we master ourselves — the cause — the 
within. We do not have to overcome anything, 
there is nothing to overcome. Bring out of your- 
self your latent possibilities. Each for himself. 
Win the battle in the Silence — it is the mastery of 
self. 

If you want harmony in the home, find it first 
in the Silence, in a spoken word and then in ac- 
tion. Follow it to a finish. Carry the spoken word 
into action. Act harmony, do those things which 
suggest harmony and which bring harmony, and 
harmony will come. Do what you will, you can- 
not escape the law. All must do their part. 

Do you want success in your affairs? Then 
speak the word and think success, act success and 
see yourself a success. Build the picture, put it 
in its proper frame, omit nothing — success will 
come. 

You have heard of Henry Gordon Selfridge, 
formerly a partner with Marshall Field of Chicago. 
He started a large business in London. He said, 
"Before I ever set foot on the shore of England 
I had a big department store all worked out in 
detail in my mind. I could see the great crowd 
of purchasers. I was doing a splendid business 
in London before I ever saw it." There is the 
exact point. He complied with the law of success 
and success pushed itself upon him. He did not 
believe that the English people were so slow and 
unprogressive as not to respond to the same busi- 
ness methods which had proved so successful in 



APPLICATION IN BUSINESS 75 

America. He had succeeded in establishing his 
business before he reached London. What do you 
think of his experience? It was not an experi- 
ment — it was not luck nor chance. It was busi- 
ness. He was a thorough business man. He is 
complying with the law of success, and for you 
and for me the law will act in the same manner 
and bring the same returns. See yourself a success. 

Let me give you a rough explanation of this 
proposition. You can see in your pocketbook one 
hundred dollars, if you please. You put it in 
there — so many tens, so many fives and put in a 
twenty between, if you wish, to make it a hun- 
dred, or fifty, or twenty-five — just as you like — 
whatever amount you see. If you will see it 
there — continue to see it there and never change 
it, I will guarantee that you will see the money. 
Now, this is not theory. It is something that I 
have proven myself. I know from a most practi- 
cal experience what I am placing in words upon 
this page. And / am telling you that you can do 
the same thing. But you cannot be vacillating 
You must continue to hold fast the idea. Shut 
your eyes and count it. Count it every morning 
and every night. A little later on you will see it. 
It is not theory. It is something we have not 
understood before. 

Do not forget that all is Mind — Mind or Spirit. 
We are living in a spirit world now. It is not 
material and spiritual. No ! All is Mind or Spirit. 
First Cause, the Substance of everything, and this 
great universal Power speaks through you and me 



76 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

as we direct it. We alone are responsible for its 
direction, and as it is directed its work is done. 

We may direct it against our home or our bodies, 
and it will tear them all to pieces or we can direct 
it in such a way as to bring success, peace, har- 
mony and plenty. As in electricity, for instance, 
we have just put in harness and are learning how 
to use it, so it is with this great truth, we have 
barely begun to know its use, or how it may be 
directed as a mighty power in all our affairs. 

Never give up what you have once begun, no 
matter what, and you will see its manifestation. 
Be definite— ask for just what you want. - This 
law cannot serve you until the word is spoken. 
Cannot serve you until you speak it. Cannot serve 
you without your being definite in what you want, 
and definite in your asking. 

In addressing a class, I have often said, Go 
into a restaurant and take a seat at the table. You 
may sit there all day and the waiter will not, 
cannot, serve you until you tell what you want. 
So it is with this Law. You think one way and 
then you want something else, and all you get is 
your pleasure or your trouble. 

In the business affairs if you speak the word, 
"Let the way be open," and you are definite and 
sincere as to what way you want opened, you will 
find it open. If you want to begin a business for 
yourself you can bring the money, but you must 
begin according to your faith and understanding. 
One hundred dollars worth of faith will bring 
one hundred dollars in money, and fifty cents worth 



APPLICATION IN BUSINESS 77 

of faith will bring only fifty cents. So we must 
know exactly what we are doing. 

We build what comes into our world. We use 
this great power, as I have often said, consciously 
or unconsciously, tearing down or building up. We 
do not know what we are doing. We must study 
these truths. Let us come into the consciousness 
of what we are and what we are doing. There 
is no time like today to begin the use of these 
great truths in our world. Each must apply them 
for himself. Each must be governed by faith — 
faith in the law and faith in himself. "Accord- 
ing to your faith be it unto you." 

We therefore acknowledge that the status of our 
finances is in our hands. Abundance is provided 
and the amount of profit or income we are to enjoy 
is according to our willingness to meet the condi- 
tions. The check upon the bank may be drawn 
for all you want, but be sure it is properly drawn 
and according to the law. It can be properly 
drawn only through the Silence. Remember the 
Silence. It is everything. Everything! and as 
we come into conscious touch with this great 
Divine Power, the way is open for everyone. 

Before closing this chapter I wish to give further 
explanation about giving out money. Give it out 
with judgment. A lady of whom I knew, having 
heard these truths advanced, thought she under- 
stood the principle. So she took the money re- 
ceived for her week's salary and bought candy, 
giving it out to the poor children. They wanted 
it, they enjoyed it, but she had spent the money 



78 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

foolishly and was very much embarrassed because 
she had no money with' which to meet her week's 
expenses. I repeat, therefore, use good judgment. 

I do not believe in contracting obligations. If 
you do not have the money, speak the word and 
get the money. Do not go into debt, because it will 
be more difficult for you to speak the word for 
the money if you have created an obligation, than 
it will be to speak the word before. If you have 
to contend with the thought that is pressing you, 
of a certain amount of money to be paid at a 
certain time, you will put an anxious thought into 
the silence which you would not ordinarily carry. 
You would therefore have more difficulty in meet- 
ing the conditions. So that is what I mean when 
I say, Use good judgment. 

The thought with which I end this chapter is 
that of abundance — abundance of everything that 
you can possibly want. The matter is in your 
hands, reader. Should your financial condition or 
your environment prove unsatisfactory at the pres- 
ent time, set to work at once to change them both. 
The power lies within each one. No one is limited. 
"I am come that ye might have life and that ye 
might have it" without limit. Speak the word and 
Divine Power opens the door. Hold the thought 
of abundance — and then ask for wisdom to use 
that which First Cause has provided for us. 



CHAPTER VII. 
CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENT. 



WE have been taught in the past that we must 
accept everything that comes our way, as 
that is the common lot of man. We have 
had no way of mastering the little annoying things 
of life and so must bear them as a part of our 
moral and spiritual discipline. But in this teaching, 
when we come to understand ourselves and the 
power we have, we learn that we are master of 
the condition as well as of the environment. 

We learn for the first time, that we do not have 
to run away from either place or condition, but we 
can remain where we are and change the condi- 
tion. You will observe that this teaching does not 
encourage divorce. It is possible for one person 
living in a home to bring into it abiding sweetness 
and light. It may mean much work, but if you 
are willing to meet the conditions, a sweet and 
harmonious home may be yours. 

Or, in a business way: if business relations are 
not just what we would like them to be, we have 
the power within ourselves to change those con- 
ditions. The same is true in your social life. If 



80 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

it is not just what you want — you are not happy 
in it, change it. Do not run away from it. There 
are powers within each one of us competent to 
change a neighborhood. 

It is a pleasure to realize that we are not obliged 
to endure unpleasant conditions in life. That is 
a broad statement but it is true. In our former 
studies we have found that All is Good — that 
there is no evil ; therefore all good is our birth- 
right. As we live the truth, nothing but good can 
come into our world. It is impossible — if we live 
the truth, that anything but good can come to us. 

When man can do anything that should be done 
he is master of himself. Ah ! there is the secret. 
Master of himself. Master of yourself. 

To to be able to sit down in the silence, in your 
home, or in your office, or anywhere, where perfect 
quiet can be secured, and, shutting out all material 
objects and associations, you come in conscious 
touch with All Wisdom, All Power, directing it as 
you choose in your world of affairs — this indeed is 
to be the Master. Not, however, until you have 
gained the mastery of self can you become master 
of external conditions. 

When our environment is not pleasing it is evi- 
dent that we are not living up to our possibilities. 
We have not reached the height. If in building our 
environment we are doing it unconsciously we will 
suffer from many mistakes. These mistakes are 
the conditions which are not to our satisfaction. 
Ignorance in these matters is no excuse. We must 
know what we are doing if we would build to a 



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purpose. To live up to our best and highest we 
must be governed by the principles of rightness — 
which mean righteousness. This is the only 
ground on which true life can be demonstrated. 

There was a lady in Chicago who wished to sell 
a very valuable piece of property. After having 
it in the hands of various real estate agents but 
without success, she appealed to me to speak the 
word for its sale. I did so. A few days later she 
came and said — "I see no change — the property 
is not sold and I have received no inquiry regarding 
it." I replied, Continue along the way you are 
doing and I will again speak the word. And so 
I did. On a following visit she said, "There is 
no change." My reply was — There is something 
wrong here — something wrong. Are you asking 
more for that piece of property than you would be 
willing to give for it? She smiled and said, "I 
guess I am." There was the secret. We could 
not sell the property because she was closing the 
door against us. She was not willing to accept 
rightness. Later she became willing to accept 
rightness and the property was sold within a week. 
She had closed the door against our spoken word. 

In healing the body, I told you to speak to each 
organ and atom. In controlling conditions and 
environment, you are to speak into the universal — 
into the blue — the Great Universal. Do not mark 
out any way for it to appear, or any path by which 
it may come into manifestation. If you attempt to 
dictate the way you will be disappointed. Leave 
that to All Wisdom. Your work and my work is to 



82 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

get perfectly still, still in mind and still in body, 
completely composed and at rest — then, get in 
touch with the universal power and let it speak 
through us as we direct it to our requirements. 
That is all we have to do — it is all we can do — 
and results will follow compliance with these con- 
ditions. 

After you have spoken the word act upon it. 
This is important. Act upon it. In speaking the 
word for success, act success, believe that you are 
a success. Put success into every thought that you 
send out. 

Now, let me demonstrate this so that you will 
fully understand what is meant. While in Chicago 
I had occasion to visit Saginaw, Michigan. On 
the night before my departure I failed to secure 
transportation. As I went to take the train I 
said to the ticket agent, I would like a lower 
berth and a ticket to Saginaw. He replied, "I 
have no lower, but I can give you an upper berth." 
No, I said, I do not like an upper berth, I do 
not want it. You may give me a ticket to Sagi- 
naw. I went to the waiting room, sat down by 
myself and spoke the word — "Let the way open 
that I have a lower berth to Saginaw tonight on 
the Michigan Central train — I want a lower berth 
— a good berth. ' ' Now here is where the work 
came in. As soon as the gate opened I took my 
bag and walked to the train. I walked to the 
sleeper and they asked for my ticket. I said, I 
haven't any, but I stepped forward and took a 
seat in the smoking car. You see that I was doing 



CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENT 83 

my part. Soon the train started. The conductor 
came through and asked for my ticket. I said, I 
have no berth, but when you go through your train 
come back to me and you will have one for me. 
He went through his train and when he returned he 
had an excellent lower berth right in the center 
of the car, just what I wanted. Now, you say this 
is something unusual. No, it is not. It is some- 
thing that anyone, everyone, can do. Man is not 
obliged to put up with conditions. Not at all. Re- 
member always, that you must do your part and 
trust your word. Act upon it. Not sit down in the 
silence and say, "Let the way open," and then, "I 
wonder if I have said it right or not. I wonder 
if the way is going to open or not — I hardly be- 
lieve it will do it." You cannot accomplish any- 
thing in that way. You will get no results. When 
you start on a business trip, speak the word for a 
successful trip always. Send your word — which 
can always be done — in advance to open the way 
for you. 

Your word is what creates your world. Now 
you and I can direct that power consciously, or 
we can use it as most of us are using it today, 
unconsciously, and have all the unpleasant condi- 
tions to meet and deal with. 

Now, I do not wish to thrust personal experi- 
ences forward, or to seem egotistical, but I know 
that in presenting a truth comparatively new, ex- 
ample is necessary to stimulate others to try the 
accomplishment of like results. 

Everyone in business knows that he must deal 



84 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

with people in different states of consciousness. 
The first necessity in dealing with varying condi- 
tions and environment, is self-mastery. In my 
own business I am shipping carloads of stock all 
over the United States, dealing with people living 
in the Old Thought — which is, that they must "do 
you" before "you do them." They have been living 
in that thought, which has been the dominant 
thought sent out for years. But our thought 
teaches something very different from that. It is 
mastery of self in lightness, then zee arc masters 
of conditions. 

When a man is trying to take advantage— I 
mean one who is making a mistake — he thinks it 
is the thing to do. In dealing with him I sit down 
in the silence in the office, I get perfectly still and 
I say, "Infinite Spirit, let the way open that this 
man (calling the man by name) may want to do 
just the right thing and adjust this matter as it 
should be," and when this is done we control that 
condition. That man cannot take from you what 
of right is yours. It will adjust any matter, or 
business affair, if we are in the right thought our- 
selves and master of ourselves. 

I was at one time snow-bound in Portland, 
Michigan. It is a small town having but one hotel, 
at which I arrived late in the evening. There 
came in the night a heavy fall of snow. After 
breakfast I saw my customer — there being but one 
in the place — and on returning to the hotel in- 
quired about a train, only to be told —"There will 
be no train either in or out today. The last storm 



CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENT 85 

we had there was no train out of here in three 
days." I said, I do not want to remain here all 
day. In spite of the discouraging outlook, I knew 
the necessity of being in Chicago the following 
morning. I went to my room and sat down in the 
silence. When perfectly still I said — "Infinite 
Spirit, let the way open that I reach Chicago to- 
morrow morning, as it is important. Here is the 
demand, I know there is supply in this world 
somewhere to meet it, let the way be opened/' I 
came from that silence with the consciousness that 
I would be in Chicago the next morning and I 
waited patiently all day. About five o'clock in the 
afternoon a train came in consisting of one coach 
drawn by three engines, which ran down to Grand 
Ledge. I was ready to take that train. From 
Grand Ledge I secured a train to Grand Rapids. 
Again I spoke the word in order to get a lower 
berth to take me to Chicago, where I arrived on 
the following morning. Tell me that the spoken 
word did not bring that into manifestation? We 
are not creatures of circumstance when we know 
ourselves and understand our power. 

By many I am asked to help in the solution of 
their problems. Lately I received a letter from a 
young man in Florida. I do not know how he 
heard of me, but he asked that I' speak the word 
that would adjust a difference and make a man 
in Chicago pay him three hundred dollars. My 
reply was, No, I do not know anything about this 
and I cannot speak the word for you. Naturally 
I have heard nothing more from him. 



86 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

In exercising this power we should never try to 
control another person or to make them do what 
we want done. We are to speak into the uni- 
versal. We do not speak directly to them, as 
though to force them to do something which we 
want them to do. That is to make a great mis- 
take. This All Wisdom makes no mistakes. When 
asking for adjustment say — "Let the way open 
that an adjustment, that rightness, come out of 
the situation " — not that you may have your way. 
If someone owes you a sum of money, do not see 
that one unwilling to pay you, but speak the word 
for their success so that they can pay you', and you 
will see quite a difference. You will also be the 
means to help them pay you. It is the quality 
of thought which we are sending out that does the 
work. It turns this great power against us, or it 
works for us, just as we direct it. If the churches 
of this country, if the churches of New York, 
realized this power, and therein their own power, 
they could have ended the war in one month — 
could have renovated the morals of the com- 
munity and established the true Church of God in 
every heart and home of the nation. 

Whenever you have a problem to solve that re- 
quires adjustment, speak into the universal. Say — 
"Let the way open " — no matter what the problem 
be. But be sure you are definite in speaking the 
word. 

Do not expect another to' do just what you think 
he should do, but give everyone his freedom. By 
giving freedom you gain your freedom. Hus- 



CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENT 87 

band, give freedom to your wife. Wife, give 
freedom to your husband. And let me say a little 
more than that. Let husbands have confidence in 
their wives. Give them the money. Do not require 
them to ask for every dollar they need. Oh, it is 
too bad — give them freedom. If they make a mis- 
take, give them a certain amount every month or 
week and let them spend it as they want to. That 
is freedom. There is many a woman suffering 
through this lack of freedom. This sense of limi- 
tation induces disease. Lack -of freedom often 
affects the stomach. So many are troubled with 
this difficulty, and the cause is the husband's failure 
to give them freedom. Perfect freedom must reign 
in the home before we are in a position to comply 
with the law which governs conditions and en- 
vironment. The larger the control one has over 
self, the more perfect control one will have over 
things and conditions. Control yourself. Be mas- 
ter of yourself. 

We must be willing to see and accept Tight- 
ness in every situation, and in doing this we meet 
the conditions which will bring satisfactory results. 
I repeat that controlling conditions and environ- 
ment will depend upon the quality of thought we 
send out. 

Now, for the combination which will control 
conditions and environment: Faith in your spoken 
word, confidence in the law and certainty that 
your spoken word will bring rightness out of the 
situation. Living in that thought and ever willing 
to 'accept rightness in the situation, you will con- 



88 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

trol the condition. Every unpleasant condition is 
the result of a mistake. 

Now, let me say, — we do not have to suffer for 
the mistakes of others. That would not be justice. 
It would not be right for one to make mistakes 
and others to suffer through them. If we do not 
understand mastery, if we do not understand the 
law, we do suffer through them. But when I un- 
derstand who I am, then I can master and change 
that condition in my world. I do not have to 
suffer for mistakes which you have made. The 
man who is living this truth, living a perfect 
life, will control what you call conditions of any 
kind and is what may be called a safety protector. 
I do not know that a submarine could hit a boat 
on which there was a man living a perfect life. 
This is the protection of all protection against mis- 
takes. But a man must live the truth. 

Furthermore, the quality of thought which we 
send out carries the seed to produce its kind. We 
therefore know exactly both the sowing and the 
reaping. We can tell just what is coming into 
manifestation next week, next month, next year. 
If we are living in the thought of limitation of any 
kind, we know that we are going to see limitation 
further on. To be a success later, we must live in 
the thought of success today. Live there continu- 
ously. "Abide there." As Christ says, "Abide in 
Me," abide in this consciousness that I am z suc- 
cess, then you will be one. Depend upon your 
spoken word to secure your desires. Trust in that 
word. There is the secret- — trust it. 



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Arriving late one evening at Detroit during the 
races, and going to the hotel where I usually 
stayed, I registered. The clerk, who knew me well, 
said: "I am very sorry, Mr. Northrup. I haven't a 
room in the house and at least twenty men are 
registered before you, all waiting for rooms. I 
do not see any chance for you to get a room to- 
night." I stood around until I could find a seat — 
sat down and went into the silence. I spoke the 
word for a good room with a bath. I said, "Let 
the way open that I get a room with a bath." 
After I had spoken the word I expected the room. 
I waited for a time and then went up to the clerk 
and said, Have you a room for me yet? And 
he replied, "No, nothing." Again I sat down and 
waited — perhaps a half hour. I then went to the 
clerk and asked, Have you a room for me yet? 
He said, "Is your name Northrup?" I said, It 
is. He called a boy and sent me to a beautiful 
room on the first floor. Just what I wanted. Now, 
is that the result of the spoken word or is it an 
accident? I claim it is the result of the spoken 
word. 

, No man is obliged to put up with unsatisfac- 
tory conditions. In asking the way to open in 
order to change conditions or environment, be defi- 
nite and state just what you want. In speaking 
the word for a room, you see that I spoke for 
exactly what I wanted and that is what I secured. 
But do not mark out any way that it shall come. 
Now, I did not know but I might have to go 
to some other hotel. I did not think about that. 



90 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

The point with me was to get a room that night, 
and it was furnished me in the same hotel. Leave 
that to All Wisdom.* 

Inasmuch as a man builds his world, he can 
change his building if it is not satisfactory. He 
is not obliged to put up with conditions. We have 
built them, we can change them. Our present 
living is in our own structure. We have built the 
condition. Each moment we are building our en- 
vironment. If the condition is not just what we 
want, why change it, just as though we moved 
into a new house. If your house was not com- 
fortable and adapted to your requirements you 
would change it ; well, that is what these pages are 
striving to impart and illustrate — how to change 
a condition and bring sweetness and light out of 
inharmony. 

A great mistake made by many is to allow others 
to guide them in their building. Learn to stand 
upon your own feet. Not do something because 
others want you to do it, no, that other may be 
making a mistake. Go into the Silence, get in 
touch with All Wisdom and ask that the way 
open for just what you want to bring into mani- 
festation. 

Do not mark out the way. To live the truth is 
to control conditions and environment. Our build- 
ing must be done from First Cause qualities. 
Building from that which is not truth, conditions 
and environment will control us and flood us with 
all kinds of unpleasant experiences. We must 
abide in the truth. Are we making mistakes? 



CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENT 91 

Are we experiencing untoward conditions? We 
are not obliged to live under them. Change them. 
Any and every person can move out of any dis- 
tressing condition at will. 

The key to happiness, success and all good lies 
in man's thought and words. I repeat — the key 
to all happiness, to all success, to all good is in 
your thoughts and words. It will lock the door 
against you or open it wide to the Great Universal 
Supply, according as you yourself use the key. 
You can lock the door with a thought, bring to you 
all the inharmonies of which life is capable, or with 
a different thought the door swings wide to abun- 
dance, to happiness, to peace and illimitable good 
and joy. All depends upon the quality of thought 
you think and the words you speak. 

Anger, hatred, fear, worry, doubt, resentment, 
each is a key to lock the door against you and rob 
you of your birthright. Peace, poise, and love to 
the whole world will bring to you sweetness, de- 
velop your manhood and womanhood, flood you 
with happiness, abundance and power. Joy of life 
and the expression of all good willl glow upon 
every feature, and happiness will be like a blessed 
contagion wherever you walk. 

Now, what are you going to do with this truth? 
Mastery of conditions and environment will come 
through the working of this Higher Law. You are 
not a thing of chance, neither are your experiences 
chance waves upon a tideless air. You and what 
you do, are products of law. Constructive or de- 
structive as it may be, each thought goes straight 



92 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

towards a result which bears its own likeness. 
Each one knows well whether he is constructing 
today or destroying. Whatever the sowing, sure 
will the reaping be. 

Therefore the all important thing in life is to 
learn how to apply this law in every act, and then 
gird ourselves for its application. 

"Man is the master power that moulds and makes, 

and man is Mind. 
And evermore he takes the tools of thought and 

shapes what he wills — 
Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills. 
He thinks in secret and it comes to pass, 
Environment is but his looking glass." 



CHAPTER VIII. 
SELF MASTERY. 



THE subject of this chapter is THE MAS- 
TERY OF SELF. It is the largest problem 
with which man has to deal. We think that 
we can master others, but when we come to master 
our thoughts, master our words and master our 
minds, there is an effort required that is beyond 
most of us. Great persistency is required to 
master oneself. 

All our previous study was leading up to a 
realization, or the possibility of self-mastery. 
Most of us believe that there are certain lines 
beyond which we cannot pass. There are certain 
conditions which we are bound to accept because 
we cannot do otherwise. But here we are rinding 
it possible for man to master every condition, 
every environment that may come to his experi- 
ence. So I repeat, our former chapters have been 
given to awaken in you that consciousness of mas- 
tery which is yours by right of your creation. 

We accept the teaching of previous chapters 
that man was the all important result of Creative 
Power. He was the manifestation of thought from 



94 NORTHRUP'S RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

First Cause, and that thought carried life, intelli- 
gence, love and power into his building. 

This combination is the real man. Not what 
you see — no. What you see is the instrument 
through which life, intelligence, love and power 
are manifested. The real man stands back of, 
and behind what you see or feel or touch. This 
real man, we learned, is mind or spirit, born in 
the image and likeness of First Cause, he is in the 
unseen. All realities are in the unseen. We do 
not see power, only its manifestation. We do not 
see intelligence or love, only their expression. We 
have never seen life, but we can all see its mani- 
festation. Life pushes up everywhere, but we can- 
not see the power that pushes — it lies in the un- 
seen. 

We also learned that we are given power, that 
is, man received the ability to draw from this great 
Universal Supply as required, as well as the power 
to impart this in his building. So we found that 
at any time this power was needed by you and me 
it was granted. If we required more intelligence 
or more love, we could come in touch with this 
universal supply house and receive the power we 
needed. At all times within our reach, it is a 
bank on which we can draw to meet all conditions 
necessary to complete manifestation. 

A room may be properly wired, lights arranged 
and connections adjusted with the powerhouse, but 
we must touch a little button before we see the 
light. That we must do. So in meeting this truth 
there is something for us to do. It is necessary 



SELF MASTERY 95 

for man to touch the button which opens the door 
at all times and under all circumstances. The but- 
ton is at his command at any time that he wants 
more intelligence, more love, more power, more 
wisdom — just touch the button. At every mo- 
ment in life he is connected with the powerhouse. 

Therefore, the first step in self-mastery is to 
know yourself. Know who you are and what you 
can do. Instead of believing as in the past that 
First Cause is away off somewhere, we know not 
where, we find it now in every tree and flower 
and blade of grass, and in the face of man — here, 
there, and in every living thing. 

Our first chapter was based on what you know. 
In this eighth and last chapter we are faced with 
the same proposition. We must know. To every 
man there comes a time when he wants to know 
who he is and what he can do. He must know 
his own powers. He asks, "Am I more than this 
that faces me?" He wants to know that he is 
more than his business, and that, if it is going down 
he can speak the word that can change failure into 
success. If there is inharmony in the home he 
wants to know that he is master of that condi- 
tion — that he can speak the word which will bring 
harmony and sweetness and the adjustment of all 
untoward conditions. Therefore, I repeat, you 
must know. If you go to a large corporation and 
ask for a position the question will be asked, 
"What can you bring us? What do you know?" 
If you can bring something that is worth $10,000 
or $20,000, they will say, "We want you." And 



96 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

so today, it is what you know. The value of 
every man and woman is just what they know. 
Therefore, knowledge and understanding are neces- 
sary for the mastery of all conditions. 

The master workman has a plan and he works 
close to that plan. So it must be with the mas- 
ter workman in this truth. He must have a plan. 
He must have a goal that he wishes to reach. The 
first and all important thing is this — first decide 
what you w T ish to accomplish, what you wish to see 
brought into manifestation the most of any one 
thing. That is the first thing for you to decide 
if you want to master conditions. Second, work 
close to the plan and depend upon All Wisdom to 
direct you. You have been shown how you may 
come in touch with this All Wisdom. It is for you 
at any time you choose. Work close to the line, 
and as you do, I can assure you of satisfactory 
results. You will grow in mastery every day. This 
equipment of conscious self-mastery is not some- 
thing that can be handed over to you by your 
reading these pages, but it is something that you 
must bring out of yourself. It is not something 
to overcome, it is something to become. Bring 
out of yourself what you wish to see in manifesta- 
tion. Not from the outside — you are not going to 
gain it there. You will gain it only by mastering 
yourself and bringing out of yourself the power 
that is within you — the possibilities that lie dor- 
mant there for you and me to unfold. 

When you are master of yourself you are mas- 
ter of everything in your world. As it is possible 



SELF MASTERY 97 

for everyone to master himself if he will. May 
I ask, Is man master or slave? As we are each 
building our world today, we are masters of 
that world. But we are building for next week, 
next year. We cannot escape the responsibility. 
We are masters ; but forsaking that mastery, you 
can turn all over to conditions at will. You 
can turn that mastery over to someone else if you 
wish, but you are the master at the same time you 
are turning it over to him. You are turning it 
over to conditions and are letting conditions master 
or control you. This responsibility you cannot 
escape. 

In every condition you and I are masters. If 
we allow the condition to master us, is that bond- 
age? . If a man places himself in bondage, is that 
slavery or is it foolishness? 

If in these pages the truth has been made clear 
to you, so that it appeals to your reason, you can 
begin now, today, to break the chain which binds 
you, whatever that chain may be. No chain can 
kind the man or woman who will accept this truth; 
who will put it into life and live it every day. 
Accepting is not enough. You must live the truth. 
Only thus will it set you free. 

If you speak the word for harmony in the 
home, just begin and act harmony. If you speak 
for success in affairs, you must act success, live 
success. Man is the master, yet he places him- 
self in bondage in so many ways. 

When you say you cannot afford, you place your- 
self in bondage. You are doing all that you can to 



98 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

place yourself where you cannot afford. Your 
spoken word is what moves the world. You say 
you cannot afford. You believe it at the time — 
you are making conditions, you are bringing about 
a condition where you cannot afford. You are 
placing yourself in bondage to that very end. If 
you say, "I am sick," if you say, "I am out of 
condition," you are saying the very thing that will 
induce the condition. Whenever a negative thought 
or condition is allowed to control, you are in bond- 
age, and it is you who are placing the slavery upon 
yourself. 

Mastery is the place where we find satisfaction. 
No one likes to be in bondage. No one likes to 
be limited on any hand. If I would say to you 
from this page, You cannot go on this street for 
thirty days, it would be the very thing you would 
want to do. The moment we feel any limitation, 
that is the thing we want, or want to do. But we 
must not forget that we are masters. Things have 
nothing to do with us. Fold your arms and say, 
"I am master of you " — any condition, no matter 
what it is. Get into the consciousness of suprem- 
acy — know that you are master, and as you swing 
into that consciousness everything — every obstacle 
disappears before you. Man's birthright is mas- 
tery, and he must live up to that. We must swing 
into the consciousness that, "None of these things 
move me." 

It is wonderful what thought will do. No mat- 
ter what is facing you, stand boldly and say, "None 
of these things move me." Say it and repeat it and 



SELF MASTERY 99 

then say it again, until you feel it and that thing 
will move out of the way. Remember this and 
apply it to anything that faces you ; / am more 
than that thing. 

But someone will say, "What can I do, I was 
born in bondage?" Free yourself, free yourself, 
no matter where you were born, nor how. No 
matter what your parents have been, you are mas- 
ter of yourself, you are responsible for your ac- 
tions, for your thoughts and your words. You 
cannot escape that. You cannot turn it back on 
your grandfather or your father or mother, or 
anyone else. You must meet the responsibility of 
living, never mind those of the past. 

Thought is the key that will set you free. Con- 
structive thinking will break every chain that holds 
you in bondage today. Constructive thinking — 
knowing whether you are going to be free or not. 
You can tell if you are thinking constructively or 
destructively. Each can see that for himself. 
That is what you have to do — get acquainted with 
yourself. Know what you aie doing. Make your 
distinction clear and sharp between constructive 
and destructive thought. If you want right condi- 
tions, if you would live under pleasant conditions, 
send out constructive thoughts. 

In our first chapter we took as a basis : What 
you know about the truth, that there must be a 
First Cause which stands back of and behind 
every effect. No matter what you believe, no 
matter what religion you may have been brought 
up in, everyone must admit that there is a power 



100 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

standing back of and behind everything we see in 
manifestation. 

In the second chapter we found there is but one 
life, one power, and but one intelligence in the 
world, and that was, First Cause, Infinite Spirit, or 
God. 

In the third chapter we found there was but 
one substance in the whole world, and that sub- 
stance was Mind or Spirit, manifest in different 
quantities of the one substance — life, love, power 
and intelligence. 

In the fourth chapter I proved to you beyond 
question, I think, that all is good, and that there is 
no evil. What is called evil is man's mis-direction 
of First Cause power. I also explained the im- 
portance of the Silence and Concentration. 

In the fifth chapter I treated the direction of 
this First Cause power in the healing of the body. 
In healing yourself and others I insisted that you 
de definite. I told you to direct this power con- 
sciously through the Silence. I explained to you 
how to do this. 

In the sixth chapter I explained how one could 
direct this All Pow r er in his affairs and bring suc- 
cess out of seeming failure. No one need to pass 
through what is called failure, because you can 
come in touch with this All Power, which corrects 
everything in the seen and the unseen. I explained 
how you may direct it in your affairs. 

In the seventh chapter 1 told you, that you were 
not compelled to put up with everything that came, 
in what we call circumstances or environment, but 



SELF MASTERY 101 

that you could change conditions and they would 
become harmonious and satisfactory. 

Now, if these truths have been presented in a 
clear and logical manner, so that your reason ac- 
cepts them, you should be able to say, "I am 
master." "I am master of my conditions/' "I am 
master of my environment." "I am master of my- 
self, and therefore / am master of my world." 

Now, in closing the message of these pages I 
would say to the reader, as you become master 
of the "I want" do not stop there. You know 
the first thing that interests us in this truth is the 
fact that we want something. We want love. It 
is right that we should have love. Love is our 
birthright. We want success in our affairs — suc- 
cess is our birthright, but do not stop there. Go 
on further, go into the truth, come into a con- 
sciousness of wanting to secure the kingdom of 
Tightness, because it is right for you to come into 
a conscious realization of your birthright and free- 
dom, not because you want something. No, but 
because Tightness is the sole ground of success, 
and because you want freedom — freedom in 
everything, freedom from every unpleasant con- 
dition. 

I trust that you have been brought into the 
realization that you and this First Great Cause, 
this Universal Power, this Infinite Spirit are one 
and cannot be separated. If you come fully into 
this consciousness ; and that "All the Father hath 
is yours" ; also that for anything you want you 
can come in touch with this great Universal Supply 



102 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

and Power-house and your spoken word will open 
the door; if this little volume shall have accom- 
plished this, you will go from its reading the mas- 
ter of your world, master of everything in your 
world, in your business and in your home : 

MASTER IN EVERYTHING. 



THE NEW BUTTON 

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matics, or any other well-known law. 

Business is what moves the world, and every 
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AFFIRMATIONS. 
Prepared by T. G. Northrup 

CREATOR'S Essence is and must be the abso- 
lute good, and since It is the First Cause, 
creating by the imparting of Its own Essence, 
shaped according to Its own perfect ideas, every- 
thing real is and must be good. 

It is not sufficient for me to be alive. I must 
live for some purpose; must accomplish some- 
thing; must have some object, and put forth my 
energy to effect it. 

I do now abandon every way of doing, talking 
and thinking, which does not conform to the 
principles of right and truth. 

I now cultivate decision and persistency. 

I allow nothing to discourage me. 

I am courageous, I am determined. 

I consider nothing too small or unimportant foi 
me to meet in the attitude of Truth. 

I embrace every opportunity to assert my do- 
minion and prove the law. 

I am strong, I am well, I am happy, I am free. 



AFFIRMATIONS. 

FOR THE SILENCE. 

I now close myself to all outside influences and 
open myself wide to the inflow of Divine Spirit. 

I am now filled with Divine Love. 

I am now filled with Divine Power. 

I am now filled with Divine Wisdom and knowl- 
edge to direct this power. 

I am now filled with Divine Faith, faith in this 
infinite power and in myself through it. 

I am now filled with Divine Life and Divine 
Health. 

I am now filled with Divine Success, Prosperity 
and Plenty, and radiate all of these Divine quali- 
ties to the whole world. 



THE TEACHING OF SILENT DEMAND. 



IT teaches the Omnipresence of First Cause and 
gives a logical explanation of how and why. 
Also teaches that there is but one Life, one 
Intelligence, one Power in the seen and the unseen 
world, and that is First Cause in Manifestation. 

It points out in a logical way that First Cause 
is Mind or Spirit and imparts itself in Creation. 
Therefore there is but one substance in Creation — 
all is the difference combination of this one sub- 
stance. 

It teaches that Man is the master mind and is 
a Co-worker with this great Universal Mind we 
call First Cause, and can and does build his own 
world, therefore is responsible for every experi- 
ence; for inharmony of the body, unsatisfactory 
conditions of environment, and in business, for all 
is law — nothing comes by chance or accident, man 
receives just what belongs to him and no more. 

We can also demonstrate that man's thoughts 
and words reach out into the unseen world and 
build, and bring into manifestation what they rep- 
resent — that limitation of all kinds are man-made 
and can be changed at will. 

That man can consciously direct this one All 
Power in his world of affairs and bring success 



TEACHING 107 

out of seeming failure — health out of seeming in- 
harmony, and joy, peace, and all good into his 
world. It shows that through the Silence and 
Concentration, man can call forth things into his 
world. It proves that the realization and con- 
sciousness of this Universal Power, in man, will 
open the door to all of his possibilities. 

It tells us that this great Principle of Rightness 
must go hand in hand with Business so as to com- 
ply with the Law of bringing satisfactory results. 

It teaches man to stand upon his own feet and 
not to depend upon anyone or anything, outside 
of himself and this Universal Principle we call 
First Cause. We have learned that all realities 
are in the unseen, and those things that we see, 
touch and handle, are the effect of a Cause in the 
unseen. Also does it state the fact, that First 
Cause imparted itself in the Creation and im- 
parted to man the power to impart himself in his 
building. 

As First Cause said, "Let there be, and there 
was," it teaches and demonstrates that this same 
power has been handed down to man and he can 
say, "Let there be," and there is. 

It teaches that our spoken word can move all 
limitations out of the way and bring abundance of 
all good into manifestation, or it can bring bondage 
and unsatisfactory conditions. If you want more 
health of body, more harmony in your home, 
greater success in your business, you can reach out 
into the unseen, through your spoken word, and 
bring all this into manifestation. 



108 NORTHRUP's RELIGION AND BUSINESS 

It claims that man's birthright is mastery and 
when he learns how to use the power which is at 
his command, he solves every problem, and limita- 
tion will pass out of his experience — everything 
has been provided for man that he can possibly 
want — nothing is lacking. No one need go without 
the comforts of the world, for, as they comply 
with the Law, the law compels them to take re- 
turns accordingly. 

The Universal Law is, that one must believe 
first, and see afterwards; also one must give in 
order to receive. 

Now, this teaching is not a Theory but a Princi- 
ple, that works, that can be proven every step of 
the way, by every human being, regardless of na- 
tionality or present environment, if he will study 
and apply this principle in his every-day life. 

I do not ask you to accept any statement made by 
me, but I say to you — study the principles and 
apply them and prove them for yourself, and then 
you will know. 

This Truth is the only thing worth considering, 
as it will take care of everything — health of body, 
harmony in the home, and provide in finance, and 
will care for you in this world, and in the world 
to come, when you want to make the change. 



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